From: Harishankar <v.harishankar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:07:34 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: Implemented the RSS feed exporter
X-Git-Url: https://harishankar.org/repos/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ba107bc3e5bef66a447978048e6c41ed038e969;p=biaweb_qt.git

Implemented the RSS feed exporter

RSS feed exporter is now implemented.

This completes the main feature set of the BiaWeb Qt application.
This is probably beta 1
---

diff --git a/biaweb_exporter.py b/biaweb_exporter.py
index 47ccead..9531159 100644
--- a/biaweb_exporter.py
+++ b/biaweb_exporter.py
@@ -304,6 +304,47 @@ def generate_category_indices (dbname, conf, templates, category_str, bestrated_
 	# finally return true
 	return True
 
+# function to generate the RSS feed for the website
+def generate_rss_feed (dbname, conf):
+	# rss main template
+	tpl_rss = string.Template (biaweb_strings.template_rss)
+	# rss item bit template
+	tpl_rss_itembit = string.Template (biaweb_strings.template_rss_item)
+
+	# get the latest articles (limit by number of rss items)
+	arts = biaweb_db.site_latest_articles (dbname, conf[4])
+	if arts == False:
+		return False
+
+	rss_item_list = []
+	# run through the articles and generate the rss items
+	for art in arts:
+		# link
+		itemlink = "http://" + conf[0] + art[13] + "/" + art[8] + ".html"
+		item_str = tpl_rss_itembit.safe_substitute (item_title = art[1],
+													item_link = itemlink,
+													description = art[2])
+		rss_item_list.append (item_str)
+
+	# now get the rss items as a string
+	rss_item_str = "".join (rss_item_list)
+
+	# now generate the feed
+	rss_str = tpl_rss.safe_substitute (title = conf[1],
+										link = "http://" + conf[0],
+										description = conf[3],
+										rss_items = rss_item_str)
+
+	# now try to write it to the rss file
+	try:
+		frss = open (os.path.join (conf[5], "subscribe.xml"), "w+")
+		frss.write (rss_str)
+	except IOError, OSError:
+		return False
+
+	# finally return true
+	return True
+
 # function to generate main index file and stylesheet
 def generate_home_page (dbname, conf, templates, category_str, bestrated_str):
 	# main template
@@ -408,6 +449,11 @@ def generate_site (dbname, files_to_copy, folders_to_copy, search_type_full=True
 	if ret == False:
 		return False
 
+	# generate the rss feed
+	ret = generate_rss_feed (dbname, conf)
+	if ret == False:
+		return False
+
 	# generate the category directories and indices
 	ret = generate_category_indices (dbname, conf, tpls, cats_str, best_rated_str, cats)
 	if ret == False:
diff --git a/biaweb_strings.py b/biaweb_strings.py
index 8f7f232..65cb21f 100644
--- a/biaweb_strings.py
+++ b/biaweb_strings.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ template_main = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 		</form>
 	</div>
 	<div id="footer">${copyright}<br />Site generated by
-	<a href=\"http://harishankar.org/software/biaweb.php\">BiaWeb</a> created by V. Harishankar</div>
+	<a href=\"http://harishankar.org/software/biaweb_qt.php\">BiaWeb Qt</a> created by V. Harishankar</div>
 </body>
 </html>"""