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Create a markdown or HTML list from a RSS feed.
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# Title: Get RSS feeds links and convert to Markdown | |
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# Iain Dunn | |
# Logic2Design | |
# www.logic2design.com | |
# logic2design@icloud.com | |
# Last update: 16 January 2022 | |
# Version: 2 | |
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# Configuration | |
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set RSSfeed to "http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss" -- rss feed that you want to process | |
set RSSarticles to 3 -- number of items you want displayed | |
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# Code | |
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set RSSfeed to do shell script "curl -s " & quoted form of RSSfeed without altering line endings | |
tell application "System Events" | |
set RSSfeed to make new XML data with properties {text:RSSfeed, id:0, name:"untitled"} | |
set RSSRecords to {} | |
repeat with xmlElement in (XML elements of XML element "channel" of XML element "rss" of RSSfeed whose name is "item") | |
set end of RSSRecords to {RSSTitle:value of XML element "title" of xmlElement, RSSLink:value of XML element "link" of xmlElement} | |
end repeat | |
end tell | |
set theRSS to "" | |
set limit to RSSarticles | |
set counter to 0 | |
repeat with a from 1 to the number of RSSRecords | |
set counter to counter + 1 | |
if (counter > limit) then exit repeat | |
set theArticle to item a of RSSRecords | |
set RSSTitle to RSSTitle of theArticle | |
set RSSLink to RSSLink of theArticle | |
--set theRSS to theRSS & "<a href=\"" & RSSLink & "\">" & RSSTitle & "</a>" & return -- URL | |
set the theRSS to theRSS & "[" & RSSTitle & "](" & RSSLink & ")" & return -- MD | |
end repeat | |
set the clipboard to theRSS | |
display dialog theRSS -- for testing purposes remove if not required |
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