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from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from feedgen.feed import FeedGenerator
from datetime import datetime
import pytz
import time
# Function to scrape articles using Playwright and generate an RSS feed
def scrape_and_generate_rss(url):
articles = []
seen_urls = set() # Set to track seen URLs and avoid duplicates
# Use Playwright to load the page
with sync_playwright() as p:
browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=True)
page = browser.new_page()
# Set a longer timeout for loading the page
page.set_default_navigation_timeout(60000)
# Load the Warhammer Community page
page.goto(url, wait_until="networkidle")
# Simulate scrolling to load more content if needed
for _ in range(10):
page.evaluate("window.scrollBy(0, document.body.scrollHeight)")
time.sleep(2)
# Get the fully rendered HTML content
html = page.content()
browser.close()
# Parse the HTML content with BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
# Define a timezone (UTC in this case)
timezone = pytz.UTC
# Find all articles in the page
for article in soup.find_all('article'):
# Extract the title
title_tag = article.find('h3', class_='newsCard-title-sm') or article.find('h3', class_='newsCard-title-lg')
title = title_tag.text.strip() if title_tag else 'No title'
# Extract the link
link_tag = article.find('a', href=True)
link = link_tag['href'] if link_tag else None
# Skip this entry if the link is None or the URL has already been seen
if not link or link in seen_urls:
continue # Skip duplicates or invalid entries
seen_urls.add(link) # Add the URL to the set of seen URLs
# Extract the publication date and ignore reading time
date = None
for time_tag in article.find_all('time'):
raw_date = time_tag.text.strip()
# Ignore "min" time blocks (reading time)
if "min" not in raw_date.lower():
try:
# Parse the actual date (e.g., "02 Oct 24")
date = datetime.strptime(raw_date, '%d %b %y')
date = timezone.localize(date) # Localize with UTC
break # Stop after finding the correct date
except ValueError:
continue
# If no valid date is found, use the current date as a fallback
if not date:
date = datetime.now(timezone)
# Add the article to the list with its publication date
articles.append({
'title': title,
'link': link,
'date': date
})
# Sort the articles by publication date (newest first)
articles.sort(key=lambda x: x['date'], reverse=True)
# Initialize the RSS feed generator
fg = FeedGenerator()
fg.title('Warhammer Community RSS Feed')
fg.link(href=url)
fg.description('Latest Warhammer Community Articles')
# Add the sorted articles to the RSS feed
for article in articles:
fe = fg.add_entry()
fe.title(article['title'])
fe.link(href=article['link'])
fe.pubDate(article['date'])
# Generate the RSS feed
rss_feed = fg.rss_str(pretty=True)
# Save the RSS feed to a file
with open('warhammer_rss_feed.xml', 'wb') as f:
f.write(rss_feed)
print('RSS feed generated and saved as warhammer_rss_feed.xml')
# Run the function
scrape_and_generate_rss('https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/')

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requests
bs4
feedgen
playwright
pytz