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__license__   = 'GPL v3'
__copyright__ = '2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
'''
Changelog:
2011-09-24
Changed cover (drMerry)
2011-10-13
Updated Cover (drMerry)
news.cnet.com
'''

from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe

class CnetNews(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title                 = 'CNET News'
    __author__            = 'Darko Miletic updated by DrMerry.'
    description           = 'Tech news and business reports by CNET News. Focused on information technology, core topics include computers, hardware, software, networking, and Internet media.'
    publisher             = 'CNET'
    category              = 'news, IT, USA'
    oldest_article        = 2
    max_articles_per_feed = 100
    no_stylesheets        = True
    encoding              = 'cp1252'
    use_embedded_content  = False
    language              = 'en'
    cover_url = 'http://reviews.cnet.com/i/ff/wp/logo_cnet.gif'
    conversion_options = {
                          'comment'   : description
                        , 'tags'      : category
                        , 'publisher' : publisher
                        , 'language'  : language
                        }

    remove_tags = [
                    dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'tweetmemeAndFacebook'})
                    ,dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':'contentTools'})
                    ,dict(name='aside', attrs={'id':'filed'})
                    ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'postLinks'})
                    ,dict(name='span', attrs={'class':'shareButton'})
                    ,dict(name='span', attrs={'class':'printButton'})
                    ,dict(name='span', attrs={'class':'emailButton'})
                    ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'editorBio'})
                  ]
    keep_only_tags = dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'post'})

    feeds = [(u'News', u'http://news.cnet.com/2547-1_3-0-20.xml')]