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.
reader allows you to:
- retrieve, store, and manage Atom, RSS, and JSON feeds
- and even follow Twitter accounts
- 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
- 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:
- provide an UI
- provide a REST API (yet)
- depend on a web framework
- have an opinion of how/where you use it
The following exist, but are optional (and frankly, a bit unpolished):
- a minimal web interface
- that works even with text-only browsers
- with automatic tag fixing for podcasts (MP3 enclosures)
- a command-line interface
Documentation: reader.readthedocs.io
Usage:
$ pip install reader>>> 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 ()