pbot/modules/headlines.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

use XML::RSS;
use LWP::Simple;

# Note:  Some of these may no longer exist.
# http://radio.xmlstoragesystem.com/rcsPublic/rssHotlist and many other
# similiar URLS (try Google?) may be useful.

my %news_sites = (
    "jbad" => [
        "http://jalalabad.us/backend/geeklog.rdf",
        "Jalalabad.us"
    ],
    "bbc" => [
        "http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/world/rss091.xml",
        "news.bbc.co.uk"
    ],
    "cnn" => [
        "http://www.cnn.com/cnn.rss",
        "CNN News"
    ],
    "chealth" => [
        "http://www.cnn.com/health/health.rdf",
        "CNN Health"
    ],
    "ctech" => [
        "http://www.cnn.com/technology/tech.rdf",
        "CNN Technology"
    ],
    "csports" => [
        "http://www.cnn.com/sports/sports.rdf",
        "CNN Sports"
    ],
    "/." => [
        "http://slashdot.org/slashdot.rdf",
        "Slashdot"
    ],
    "nyttech" => [
        "http://xml.newsisfree.com/feeds/62/162.xml",
        "New York Times Technology"
    ],
    "morons" => [
        "http://www.morons.org/morons.rss",
        "morons.org"
    ]
);

my $args  = join(' ', @ARGV);
my $links = 0;
my $key;
my $value;

if ($args =~ /^links\s+(.*)/i) {
    $args  = $1;
    $links = 1;
}

$args = quotemeta($args);

foreach $key (keys %news_sites) {
    $value = $news_sites{$key}->[0];

    if ($key =~ /$args/i) {
        check_news($value, $links, $news_sites{$key}->[1]);
        exit(0);
    }
}

print "Invalid Headline.  Usage:  .headlines [links] <news server> - News servers are: ";

foreach $key (keys %news_sites) { print "$key => $news_sites{$key}->[1], "; }

print "\n";

sub check_news {
    my ($site, $links, $headline) = @_;
    my $text = "$headline: ";

    my $rss = new XML::RSS;

    my $content = get($site);

    if ($content) {
        eval { $rss->parse($content); };
        if (my $error = $@) {
            $error =~ s/\n//g;
            print "Got error: $error\n";
            return 0;
        }

        foreach my $item (@{$rss->{'items'}}) {
            next unless defined($item->{'title'}) && defined($item->{'link'});

            if ($links == 1) {
                $text = " $item->{'title'} : ( $item->{'link'} )";
                $text =~ s/\n//g;
                $text =~ s/\t//g;
                $text =~ s/\r//g;
                print "$text\n";
            } else {
                $text .= " $item->{'title'} -";
            }
        }
    }
    $text =~ s/\n//g;
    $text =~ s/\t//g;
    $text =~ s/\r//g;
    print "$text\n" if ($links == 0);
}