OPML to MD file conversion

opml-to-md.py

# Based on https://gist.github.com/domdavis/9988867
# $ pip install opml
# $ python2.7 opml2md.py some_outline.opml
# -> some_outline.md

#used for https://github.com/mrtouch93/awesome-security-feed

import codecs
import opml
import sys
 
INPUT = sys.argv[1]
OUTPUT = '.'.join(INPUT.split('.')[:-1] + ['md'])
 
with open(INPUT, 'r') as f:
    outline = opml.from_string(f.read())

blocks = []

header = "# Awesome Security Feeds\nA semi-curated list of Security Feeds\n\nYou can import the opml file to a service like Feedly, Tiny Tiny RSS or similar.\n\nBelow a list of all the sites, feel free to suggest others!\n\n## Contents"
blocks.append(header)

content = ""
for grandchild in outline: #- [Platforms](#platforms)
        content = "- ["+str(grandchild.text)+"](#"+str(grandchild.text.replace(" ","_").replace("&","and"))+")"
        blocks.append(content)

# * [The Talk Show With John Gruber](htmlUrl) [RSS](xmlUrl) 

def substring_after(s, delim):
    return s.partition(delim)[2]

def substring_before(s, delim):
    return s.partition(delim)[0]

def strip_end(text, suffix):
    if not text.endswith(suffix):
        return text
    return text[:len(text)-len(suffix)]

def _extractBlocks(indent, node):
    xmlURL = ""
    textStr = ""
    for grandchild in node:
        title = "## "+str(grandchild.text.replace(" ","_").replace("&","and"))
        blocks.append(title)
        #print("# "+str(grandchild.text))
        for child in grandchild:
            if indent == 0:
                # alternative output without the FontAwesome SVG stuff
                text = "* [" + child.text + "](" + child.htmlUrl + ") \n";
            else:
                depth = 4 * (indent - 1)
                text = (" " * depth) + "* " + child.text

            blocks.append(text)

        if len(child) > 0:
            depth = indent + 1
            _extractBlocks(depth, child)
 
_extractBlocks(0, outline)
 
output_content = '\n'.join(blocks)
with codecs.open(OUTPUT, 'w', 'utf-8') as f:
    f.write(output_content)