Now uses Soup and some string slicing to get the current cover off the website
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Spoiler:
Code:
import urllib, re, mechanize
class AdvancedUserRecipe1325006965(BasicNewsRecipe):
title = u'Countryfile.com'
#cover_url = 'http://www.countryfile.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/160px_wide/cover/2_1.jpg'
__author__ = 'Dave Asbury'
description = 'The official website of Countryfile Magazine'
# last updated 15/4/12
language = 'en_GB'
oldest_article = 30
max_articles_per_feed = 25
remove_empty_feeds = True
no_stylesheets = True
auto_cleanup = True
#articles_are_obfuscated = True
def get_cover_url(self):
soup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.countryfile.com/')
cov = soup.find(attrs={'class' : 'imagecache imagecache-160px_wide imagecache-linked imagecache-160px_wide_linked'})
#print '******** ',cov,' ***'
cov2 = str(cov)
cov2=cov2[124:-90]
#print '******** ',cov2,' ***'
# try to get cover - if can't get known cover
br = mechanize.Browser()
br.set_handle_redirect(False)
try:
br.open_novisit(cov2)
cover_url = cov2
except:
cover_url = 'http://www.countryfile.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/160px_wide/cover/2_1.jpg'
return cover_url
remove_tags = [
# dict(attrs={'class' : ['player']}),
]
feeds = [
(u'Homepage', u'http://www.countryfile.com/rss/home'),
(u'Country News', u'http://www.countryfile.com/rss/news'),
(u'Countryside', u'http://www.countryfile.com/rss/countryside'),
]