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Only log article_link if post was successful

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Liam Steckler 2023-04-13 09:12:01 -07:00
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kuow_fetcher.py
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@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ for article in soup.find_all("span", class_ = "txt"):
if is_new_article: if is_new_article:
print(article_link+" has not been seen, posting") 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_lookup = requests.get(kuow_base_url+article_link)
article_soup = BeautifulSoup(article_lookup.content, 'html.parser') article_soup = BeautifulSoup(article_lookup.content, 'html.parser')
try: try:
article_description = (article_soup.find("meta", attrs={"property": "description"})).attrs["content"].strip() 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") mastodon.status_post(status=article_description+"\n"+kuow_base_url+article_link+"\n#KUOW #News", visibility="unlisted")
with open(log_file, "a") as fp:
fp.write(article_link+"\n")
except: except:
print("Could not load a description/post this article") print("Could not load a description/post this article")