OPML Reader

Overview

Use scripts/opml_reader.py to (1) store OPML from a URL and (2) list the latest posts across all feeds in the OPML. Output timestamps are ISO-8601 in UTC.

Quick Start

1. Create a venv and install dependency:

python3 -m venv ~/Code/sandbox/.venv-opml-reader
~/Code/sandbox/.venv-opml-reader/bin/pip install feedparser

2. Store an OPML file:

~/Code/sandbox/.venv-opml-reader/bin/python scripts/opml_reader.py store \
  "https://example.com/feeds.opml" \
  "~/Code/Files/feeds.opml"

3. Fetch latest posts:

~/Code/sandbox/.venv-opml-reader/bin/python scripts/opml_reader.py latest \
  "~/Code/Files/feeds.opml" \
  --limit 5

Workflow

• If the user supplies an OPML URL, store it under ~/Code/Files using store.
• If the OPML file already exists, reuse it unless the user explicitly asks to overwrite.
• Run latest to aggregate posts and return the newest entries across feeds.
• Report partial results if some feeds fail (network timeouts are expected on large lists).

Output Options

• Default output: text lines formatted as index. title | feed | date | link.
• Use --format json or --format tsv if the user needs machine-readable output.
• Dedupe is on by default. Use --no-dedupe if the user wants raw results.
• Adjust --workers and --timeout for large or slow feed lists.

Resources

scripts/

• scripts/opml_reader.py: Store OPML files and list latest posts across RSS/Atom feeds.