├── .gitignore
├── requirements.txt
├── README.md
└── check.py


/.gitignore:
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1 | SECRETS.py
2 | news_data.json
3 | __pycache__


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/requirements.txt:
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1 | discord_webhook==0.15.0
2 | requests==2.27.1
3 | xmltodict==0.12.0
4 | 


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/README.md:
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 1 | # distrowatch-checker
 2 | 
 3 | A small python script that checks distrowatch.com for news and sends discord
 4 | webhook notifications for new ones.
 5 | 
 6 | # IMPORTANT
 7 | 
 8 | This is no longer maintained, use
 9 | [rss-discord](https://github.com/Gobidev/rss-discord) instead.
10 | 
11 | ## How to Run
12 | 
13 | 1. Install the requirements
14 | 2. Create a SECRETS.py file containing a variable called `WEBHOOK_URL` that is
15 |    set to the discord webhook you want to use for notifications.
16 | 3. Run the script periodically, I recommend cron for automation.
17 | 


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/check.py:
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 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3
 2 | 
 3 | import xmltodict
 4 | import requests
 5 | import json
 6 | import time
 7 | import os.path
 8 | from discord_webhook import DiscordWebhook, DiscordEmbed
 9 | import SECRETS
10 | 
11 | 
12 | class NewsEvent:
13 | 
14 |     def __init__(self, title: str, time: str, description: str, link: str) -> None:
15 |         self.title = title
16 |         self.time = time
17 |         self.description = description
18 |         self.link = link
19 |     
20 |     def __repr__(self) -> str:
21 |         return f"{self.time}\n--\n{self.title}\n--\n{self.description}\n--\n{self.link}"
22 |     
23 |     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
24 |         if not isinstance(other, NewsEvent):
25 |             return False
26 |         return other.title == self.title
27 | 
28 | 
29 | def fetch_current_distro_news() -> dict:
30 |     return xmltodict.parse(requests.get(r"https://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml").text)
31 | 
32 | 
33 | def filter_news_entries(news_dict: dict) -> list:
34 |     return news_dict["rdf:RDF"]["item"]
35 | 
36 | 
37 | def convert_dicts_to_objects(news: list) -> list:
38 |     object_list = []
39 |     for entry in news:
40 |         object_list.append(NewsEvent(entry["title"], entry["dc:date"], entry["description"], entry["link"]))
41 |     return object_list
42 | 
43 | 
44 | def get_events() -> list:
45 |     return list(reversed(convert_dicts_to_objects(filter_news_entries(fetch_current_distro_news()))))
46 | 
47 | 
48 | def send_webhook(news_event: NewsEvent):
49 |     webhook = DiscordWebhook(url=SECRETS.WEBHOOK_URL)
50 |     embed = DiscordEmbed(title=news_event.title, description=news_event.description, color="7f0304", url=news_event.link)
51 |     embed.set_footer(text=news_event.time)
52 |     webhook.add_embed(embed)
53 |     webhook.execute()
54 |     time.sleep(1)
55 | 
56 | 
57 | def save_events_to_file(news_events: list):
58 |     with open("news_data.json", "w") as news_data_file:
59 |         json.dump([e.__dict__ for e in news_events], news_data_file, indent=2)
60 | 
61 | 
62 | def load_events_from_file() -> list:
63 |     if not os.path.isfile("news_data.json"):
64 |         return []
65 |     with open("news_data.json", "r") as news_data_file:
66 |         return [NewsEvent(**e) for e in json.load(news_data_file)]
67 | 
68 | 
69 | if __name__ == "__main__":
70 |     current_events = get_events()
71 |     saved_events = load_events_from_file()
72 | 
73 |     print("Sending notifications for news..")
74 |     for new_event in current_events:
75 |         if new_event not in saved_events:
76 |             print(f"New event:\n{new_event}")
77 |             send_webhook(new_event)
78 |     print("..done")
79 |     
80 |     save_events_to_file(current_events)
81 | 


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