say-hn-daily.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

# HN top 10 in 45 seconds or less using 'say' on Mac

import datetime
import os
import requests
import subprocess
import time
import xml.etree.ElementTree

def get():
 cache = './hn-daily.rss'
 if not os.path.exists(cache) or time.time() - os.path.getmtime(cache) > 3600:
  print('Downloading RSS...\n')
  r = requests.get('http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/index.rss')
  with open(cache, "w+") as newFile:
   newFile.write(r.text)
 with open(cache) as read:
  return read.read()

root = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring( get() )
output = root[0].find('item').find('title').text.replace('-',' ') +'[[slnc 1000]]\n'
root = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring( '<z>'+ root[0].find('item').find('description').text.replace('<br>','<br />') +'</z>' )

x = 1
for child_li in root[1]:
 output = output + 'Story Number {0}: {1}[[slnc 1000]]\n'.format(x, child_li.find('span').find('a').text)
 x = x + 1

print(output.replace('[[slnc 1000]]','').replace('Story Number ',''))
subprocess.run(['say', '-v', 'Samantha', '-r', '300'], input=output.encode())