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Language: en
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#!/usr/bin/env python
__license__ = 'GPL v3'
__copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
'''
nybooks.com
'''
import re
from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
title = u'New York Review of Books (no subscription)'
description = u'Book reviews'
language = 'en'
__author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
no_stylesheets = True
no_javascript = True
keep_only_tags = [dict(id=['article-body', 'page-title'])]
remove_tags = [dict(attrs={'class':['article-tools', 'article-links',
'center advertisement']})]
preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile(r'<head>.*?</head>', re.DOTALL), lambda
m:'<head></head>')]
def print_version(self, url):
return url+'?pagination=false'
def parse_index(self):
soup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.nybooks.com/current-issue')
# Find cover
sidebar = soup.find(id='sidebar')
if sidebar is not None:
a = sidebar.find('a', href=lambda x: x and 'view-photo' in x)
if a is not None:
psoup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.nybooks.com'+a['href'])
cover = psoup.find('img', src=True)
self.cover_url = cover['src']
self.log('Found cover at:', self.cover_url)
# Find date
div = soup.find(id='page-title')
if div is not None:
h5 = div.find('h5')
if h5 is not None:
text = self.tag_to_string(h5)
date = text.partition(u'\u2022')[0].strip()
self.timefmt = u' [%s]'%date
self.log('Issue date:', date)
# Find TOC
toc = soup.find('ul', attrs={'class':'issue-article-list'})
articles = []
for li in toc.findAll('li'):
h3 = li.find('h3')
title = self.tag_to_string(h3)
author = self.tag_to_string(li.find('h4'))
title = title + u' (%s)'%author
url = 'http://www.nybooks.com'+h3.find('a', href=True)['href']
desc = ''
for p in li.findAll('p'):
desc += self.tag_to_string(p)
self.log('Found article:', title)
self.log('\t', url)
self.log('\t', desc)
articles.append({'title':title, 'url':url, 'date':'',
'description':desc})
return [('Current Issue', articles)]