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03b1d6a38a feat(garden): rss youtube subscriptions
Describe how to get RSS feeds for YouTube channels
2023-10-02 00:23:32 +01:00
12 changed files with 27 additions and 114 deletions

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feed:
python feed.py `pwd`
rss: feed
.PHONY: feed

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import markdown
import pathlib
import sys
import re
import glob
def print_usage():
print("\nusage: python feed.py ROOT\n")
print("\n")
print("\t\ROOT\tbase folder")
def validate():
# check args for at least one file path
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print_usage()
sys.exit(1)
validate()
base_folder = sys.argv[1]
def get_paths() -> [str]:
return [x for x in glob.glob(f"{base_folder}/*.md")]
def get_text(path):
with open(path) as f:
return f.read()
#def to_html(md : str) -> str:
# return markdown.markdown(md, extensions=["fenced_code"])
def get_entry(path):
return get_title(get_text(path))
def get_title(md):
return re.compile(r"^# (.+)\n").match(md).group(1)
def get_entries() -> [str]:
return "\n\n".join([get_entry(p) for p in get_paths()])
def get_header() -> str:
return """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title></title>
<link>https://ktyl.dev/garden</link>
<description></description>
<atom:link href="https://ktyl.dev/garden/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
"""
def get_footer() -> str:
return "\n</channel></rss>"
print(get_header())
print(get_entries())
print(get_footer())

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python feed.py `pwd`
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title></title>
<link>https://ktyl.dev/garden</link>
<description></description>
<atom:link href="https://ktyl.dev/garden/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
Digital Gardens
RSS
</channel></rss>

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# Digital Gardens
* Obsidian
* Notion
* Git

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# RSS # RSS
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an ancient file format for communicating updates over the Web, and my personal favourite. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a an ancient file format for communicating updates over the Web.
* [It's Time for an RSS Revival](https://www.wired.com/story/rss-readers-feedly-inoreader-old-reader/) ## Stubs:
### Stubs: * readers
* feed generation
* my curated feeds ## YouTube Subscriptions
* reader applications
## Technical Simplicity
From a technical perspective, like [Gemini](gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space) [\(HTTP\)](https://gemini.circumlunar.space/) it's grokkable with a couple good reads of the specification. I wrote [a simple generator](https://ktyl.dev/blog/2022/6/3/rss.md)] for my blog posts, and am now working on [a simpler one](./feed.py) for the garden.
## Managing YouTube Subscriptions
There are many reasons to avoid the YouTube homepage, such as recommended videos or the accursed Shorts. There are many reasons to avoid the YouTube homepage, such as recommended videos or the accursed Shorts.
YouTube publishes channel-specific RSS feeds, making it totally possible to circumvent its subscription system entirely - including having to make an account - and keep track of channels one enjoys with RSS feeds instead. Since RSS feeds are published per-channel, it's totally possible to circumvent its subscription system entirely - including having to make an account - and keep track of channels one enjoys with RSS feeds instead.
Get a channel's ID: Get a channel's ID:
1. Go to the channel's page 1. Go to the channel's page

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text-align: center; text-align: center;
} }
.landing a { .landing .fsText a {
color: var(--foreground-inactive); color: var(--foreground-inactive);
font-size: 2em; font-size: 2em;
transform: translate(0,50%); transform: translate(0,50%);
transition: all 0.3s; transition: all 0.3s;
} }
.landing a:hover { .landing .fsText a:hover {
color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent);
} }
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.landing .socials i { .landing .socials i {
color: var(--foreground-inactive); color: var(--foreground-inactive);
font-size: 3.5em;
padding: 0 .07em; padding: 0 .07em;
} }

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margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0.8em;
} }
.nav .nav-links li a {
color: var(--foreground-inactive);
font-size: 1.4em;
display: block;
}
.nav li a::before { .nav li a::before {
content: "/"; content: "/";
} }

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} }
.title h1 { .title h1 {
font-size: 1.4em;
padding-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0;
margin-bottom:0; margin-bottom:0;
margin-top:0; margin-top:0;

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<ul class="nav-links"> <ul class="nav-links">
<li><a href="/about.html">about</a></li> <li><a href="/about.html" class="fsText">about</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog.html">blog</a></li> <li><a href="/blog.html" class="fsText">blog</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery.html">gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/gallery.html" class="fsText">gallery</a></li>
</ul> </ul>

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<div class="title"> <div class="title">
<h1><a href="https://ktyl.dev/">ktyl.dev</a><span class="pageTitle"> <h1 class="fsText"><a href="https://ktyl.dev/">ktyl.dev</a><span class="pageTitle">

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--color3: #ff00ff; --color3: #ff00ff;
--color4: #ffff00; --color4: #ffff00;
--color5: #00ffff; --color5: #00ffff;
/* TODO: extract general varibles file ? */
/* Text */
--font-size: 1.4em;
} }

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display:inline; display:inline;
} }
a { a.fsText {
text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none;
color: var(--foreground-inactive);
transform: scale(1);
transition: background-color 0.2s, color 0.2s, transform 0.2s;
}
.fsText a {
text-decoration: none;
color: var(--foreground);
}
.fsText {
--font-size: 1.4em;
font-size: var(--font-size);
color: var(--foreground); color: var(--foreground);
} }