Extract URL From Apple News URL

newsurl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# A helper script to convert an Apple News URL on the clipboard into
# its corresponding canonical URL and put that on the clipboard.

import pasteboard
import requests
import re

pb = pasteboard.Pasteboard()
content = pb.get_contents()

if content.startswith('https://apple.news/'):
    resp = requests.get(content)
    if resp.status_code == 200:
        m = re.search(r'redirectToUrlAfterTimeout\("(.+)",', resp.text)
        if m:
            canonical = m.group(1)
            print(f"{canonical}")
            pb.set_contents(canonical)
            exit(0)

print("No Apple News URL found on clipboard")
exit(-1)