RSS reader

RSS reader is a command-line utility which receives RSS URL and prints results in human-readable format.

How to use

Usage

usage: RSS reader [-h] [--url URL] [--version] [-j] [--verbose] [--limit LIMIT] [--date DATE] [--to_pdf] [--to_html]

Pure Python command-line RSS reader.

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  --url URL      RSS feed URL
  --version      Print version info and exits
  -j, --json     Print result as JSON in stdout
  --verbose      Outputs verbose status messages
  --limit LIMIT  Limit news topics if this parameter provided
  --date DATE    The date getting news from local storage
  --to_pdf       Save results as PDF file
  --to_html      Save results as HTML file

Enjoy the program!

Install dependencies

If you are using Linux OS:

pip install -r requirements.txt

If you are using Windows OS:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

How to run

python rss_reader.py --url https://news.yahoo.com/rss/ --limit 3 --verbose --json --date 20220830 --to_pdf --to_html

How to run tests

python -m unittest discover -v

Coverage

1. Install coverage.py:

   pip install coverage
   

2. Use coverage run to run your test suite and gather data:

   coverage run -m unittest discover
   

3. Use coverage report to report on the results:

   coverage report -m
   

4. For a nicer presentation, use coverage html to get annotated HTML listings detailing missed lines:

   coverage html
   

   Then open tests/coverage/index.html in your browser, to see a report

5. To exclude tests from the coverage report:

   coverage html --omit="*/test*" -d tests/coverage