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check_feedburner.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Usage: ./check_feedburner.py MyFeedName
import re, sys, urllib, fileinput
from xml.dom import minidom
AWARENESS_API_URL = 'https://feedburner.google.com/api/awareness/1.0/GetFeedData?uri=%s'
# If you want to replace the feedburner count in a given file, define it here
FEED_COUNT_FILE = '/path/to/your/file.php'
# HTML to replace with feed count
COUNT_HTML_REGEX = r'REPLACEME'
COUNT_REPLACE_STRING = r'REPLACEME%s'
def get_circulation(feed_uri):
dom = minidom.parse(urllib.urlopen(AWARENESS_API_URL % feed_uri))
count = dom.getElementsByTagName('entry')[0].getAttribute('circulation')
if count == '' or count == '0':
print 'Error getting feed count'
sys.exit(1)
return count
def replace_feedburner_count(count):
'''Replaces feedburner count in FEED_COUNT_FILE'''
try:
for line in fileinput.input(FEED_COUNT_FILE, inplace=1):
# Comma at the end of the string prevents explicitly writing a newline
print re.sub(COUNT_HTML_REGEX, COUNT_REPLACE_STRING % count, line, 1),
except OSError, ose:
print 'File "%s" not found' % FEED_COUNT_FILE
if __name__ == '__main__':
# First arg is URI
feed_count = get_circulation(sys.argv[1])
print feed_count
if FEED_COUNT_FILE:
replace_feedburner_count(feed_count)
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