Get latest Apple Beta Version from Apple Developer Releases.rss

rss.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import feedparser
import os
import json
import time

def getinfo(oristr, finstr, offset):
    index = oristr.find(finstr)
    return oristr[index:index+offset]

r = feedparser.parse('http://developer.apple.com/news/releases/rss/releases.rss')
wwwroot = '' # type your path here
entries = r.entries
data_json = os.path.join(wwwroot, 'data.json')

# load data

with open(data_json,"r") as f:
    load_dict = json.load(f)
    
orimacOS = load_dict['macOS']
oriiOS = load_dict['iOS']
oriwatchOS = load_dict['watchOS']
oriupdated = r.feed.updated
macOS = ''
iOS = ''
watchOS = ''

for e in entries:
    value = e.content[0].value
    if 'beta' in value:
        if 'macOS' in value:
            macOS = value
        elif 'iOS' in value:
            iOS = value
        elif 'watchOS' in value:
            watchOS = value

if len(iOS) > 26 or len(iOS) == 0:
    iOS = getinfo(macOS, 'iOS ', 26)
if len(watchOS) > 30 or len(watchOS) == 0:
    watchOS = getinfo(macOS, 'watchOS ', 30)
if len(macOS) > 30 or len(macOS) == 0:
    macOS = getinfo(macOS, 'macOS ', 30)

updated = oriupdated[:22]
struct_time = time.strptime(updated,"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M")
updated = str(struct_time[0]) + "." + str(struct_time[1]) + "." + str(struct_time[2])

# updated?
if len(macOS) == 0:
    macOS = orimacOS
if len(iOS) == 0:
    iOS = oriiOS
if len(watchOS) == 0:
    watchOS = oriwatchOS

data = {'macOS':macOS,'iOS':iOS,'watchOS':watchOS,'updated':updated}

print data

if os.path.exists(data_json):
    os.remove(data_json)

with open(data_json,"w") as f:
    json.dump(data, f)