Initial version

kuow_fetcher.py

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+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+kuow_base_url="https://www.kuow.org"
+url=kuow_base_url+"/fragments?name=story_grid&source=homepage&view_id=1&page=1&per_page=12"
+log_file = "kuow_bot_logfile.txt"
+mastodon = Mastodon(access_token = 'kuow_bot_mastodon.secret')
+
+r = requests.get(url)
+soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content, 'html.parser')
+for article in soup.find_all("span", class_ = "txt"):
+    article_link = article.find("a").attrs["href"]
+
+    is_new_article = True
+    with open(log_file, 'r') as fp:
+        lines = fp.readlines()
+        for row in lines:
+            if row == article_link+"\n":
+                print("Article "+article_link+" has already been seen")
+                is_new_article = False
+
+    if is_new_article:
+        print(article_link+" has not been seen, posting")
+        with open(log_file, "a") as fp:
+            fp.write(article_link+"\n")
+        article_lookup = requests.get(kuow_base_url+article_link)
+        article_soup = BeautifulSoup(article_lookup.content, 'html.parser')
+        try:
+            article_description = (article_soup.find("meta", attrs={"property": "description"})).attrs["content"].strip()
+            mastodon.status_post(status=article_description+"\n"+kuow_base_url+article_link+"\n#KUOW #News", visibility="unlisted")
+        except:
+            print("Could not load a description/post this article")
+        

requirements.txt

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+beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
+Mastodon.py==1.8.0
+requests==2.28.2