show_sample_entry.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Eric Eisenhart
# This software is released under an MIT-style license.
# See LICENSE.md for full details.

import pprint
import sys
import feedparser

# feedparser.PREFERRED_XML_PARSERS.remove("drv_libxml2")
feedparser.USER_AGENT = "linux:github.com/freiheit/discord_feedbot:show_sample_entry.py (by /u/freiheit)"

# 0 is command itself:
if len(sys.argv) == 2:
    feed_url = sys.argv[1]
    feed_data = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
    pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4, depth=1)
    print("# We currently restrict this output to depth=1,")
    print("# because that's all the bot can currently handle.")
    print(
        "# So, ignore those `[...]` and `{...}` structures and only look at 'strings'."
    )
    pp.pprint(feed_data.entries[0])
else:
    print(
        "Give me 1 feed URL on the command-line, and I'll give the first entry from it."
    )