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Barron's is an American weekly newspaper covering U.S. financial information, market developments, and relevant statistics. Each issue provides a wrap-up of the previous week's market activity, news reports, and an informative outlook on the week to come.
Language: en
Requires Subscription: Yes, requires a Barron's subscription
Schedule Every morning
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##
## web2lrf profile to download articles from Barrons.com
## can download subscriber-only content if username and
## password are supplied.
##
'''
'''
import re
from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
class Barrons(BasicNewsRecipe):
title = 'Barron\'s'
max_articles_per_feed = 50
needs_subscription = True
language = 'en'
__author__ = 'Kovid Goyal and Sujata Raman'
description = 'Weekly publication for investors from the publisher of the Wall Street Journal'
timefmt = ' [%a, %b %d, %Y]'
use_embedded_content = False
no_stylesheets = True
match_regexps = ['http://online.barrons.com/.*?html\?mod=.*?|file:.*']
conversion_options = {'linearize_tables': True}
##delay = 1
## Don't grab articles more than 7 days old
oldest_article = 7
extra_css = '''
.datestamp{font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Kalimati,sans-serif; font-size:x-small;}
h3{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; }
h2{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; }
h1{ font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; }
.byline{font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Kalimati,sans-serif; font-size:x-small;}
.subhead{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: small;}
.articlePage{ font-family:Georgia,"Century Schoolbook","Times New Roman",Times,serif;}
.insettipUnit{font-size: x-small;}
'''
remove_tags = [
dict(name ='div', attrs={'class':['tabContainer artTabbedNav','rssToolBox hidden','articleToolbox']}),
dict(name = 'a', attrs ={'class':'insetClose'})
]
preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile(i[0], re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), i[1]) for i in
[
## Remove anything before the body of the article.
(r'<body.*?<!-- article start', lambda match: '<body><!-- article start'),
## Remove any insets from the body of the article.
(r'<div id="inset".*?</div>.?</div>.?<p', lambda match : '<p'),
## Remove any reprint info from the body of the article.
(r'<hr size.*?<p', lambda match : '<p'),
## Remove anything after the end of the article.
(r'<!-- article end.*?</body>', lambda match : '</body>'),
]
]
def get_browser(self):
br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser()
if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
br.open('http://commerce.barrons.com/auth/login')
br.select_form(name='login_form')
br['user'] = self.username
br['password'] = self.password
br.submit()
return br
## Use the print version of a page when available.
def print_version(self, url):
main, sep, rest = url.rpartition('?')
return main + '#printmode'
def postprocess_html(self, soup, first):
for tag in soup.findAll(name=['ul', 'li']):
tag.name = 'div'
for tag in soup.findAll(name ='div', attrs={'id': "articleThumbnail_1"}):
tag.extract()
return soup
## Comment out the feeds you don't want retrieved.
## Because these feeds are sorted alphabetically when converted to LRF, you may want to number them to put them in the order you desire
def get_feeds(self):
return [
('This Week\'s Magazine', 'http://online.barrons.com/xml/rss/3_7510.xml'),
('Online Exclusives', 'http://online.barrons.com/xml/rss/3_7515.xml'),
('Companies', 'http://online.barrons.com/xml/rss/3_7516.xml'),
('Markets', 'http://online.barrons.com/xml/rss/3_7517.xml'),
('Technology', 'http://online.barrons.com/xml/rss/3_7518.xml'),
('Funds/Q&A', 'http://online.barrons.com/xml/rss/3_7519.xml'),
]
def get_article_url(self, article):
return article.get('link', None)
def get_cover_url(self):
cover_url = None
index = 'http://online.barrons.com/home-page'
soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
link_item = soup.find('ul',attrs={'class':'newsItem barronsMag'})
if link_item:
cover_url = link_item.img['src']
return cover_url
## Logout of website
## NOT CURRENTLY WORKING
# def cleanup(self):
# try:
# self.browser.set_debug_responses(True)
# import sys, logging
# logger = logging.getLogger("mechanize")
# logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
# logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
# res = self.browser.open('http://online.barrons.com/logout')
# except:
# import traceback
# traceback.print_exc()