reader

.. begin-intro

reader is a Python feed reader library.

It is designed to allow writing feed reader applications without any business code, and without depending on a particular framework; in MVC terms, you'd probably call it a fat model.

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reader allows you to:

• retrieve, store, and manage Atom, RSS, and JSON feeds
• mark articles as read or important
• add arbitrary tags/metadata to feeds and articles
• filter feeds and articles
• full-text search articles
• get statistics on feed and user activity
• import / export feeds as OPML
• automatically discover feeds in web pages
• write plugins to extend its functionality
• skip all the low level stuff and focus on what makes your feed reader different

...all these with:

• a stable, clearly documented API
• excellent test coverage
• fully typed Python

What reader doesn't do:

• depend on a web framework
• have an opinion of how or where you use it

In addition, reader provides:

• an optional web application based on Flask, Bootstrap, and htmx
• an optional command-line interface

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Documentation: reader.readthedocs.io_

.. _reader.readthedocs.io: https://reader.readthedocs.io/

Usage:

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.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install reader

.. code-block:: python

>>> from reader import make_reader
>>>
>>> reader = make_reader('db.sqlite')
>>> reader.add_feed('http://www.hellointernet.fm/podcast?format=rss')
>>> reader.update_feeds()
>>>
>>> entries = list(reader.get_entries())
>>> [e.title for e in entries]
['H.I. #108: Project Cyclops', 'H.I. #107: One Year of Weird', ...]
>>>
>>> reader.mark_entry_as_read(entries[0])
>>>
>>> [e.title for e in reader.get_entries(read=False)]
['H.I. #107: One Year of Weird', 'H.I. #106: Water on Mars', ...]
>>> [e.title for e in reader.get_entries(read=True)]
['H.I. #108: Project Cyclops']
>>>
>>> reader.update_search()
>>>
>>> for e in reader.search_entries('year', limit=3):
...     title = e.metadata.get('.title')
...     print(title.value, title.highlights)
...
H.I. #107: One Year of Weird (slice(15, 19, None),)
H.I. #52: 20,000 Years of Torment (slice(17, 22, None),)
H.I. #83: The Best Kind of Prison ()

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