🔨 generate rss

.gitignore

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 .idea
 .venv
+
+# This should be generated on deploy
+static/feed.rss

scripts/generate_rss.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Script to generate an RSS feed for the comic
+"""
+import sys
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, tostring
+from xml.dom import minidom
+
+# Add parent directory to path so we can import comics_data
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+from comics_data import COMICS
+
+# Configuration - update these for your site
+SITE_URL = "http://localhost:5000"  # Change to your actual domain
+SITE_TITLE = "Sunday Comics"
+SITE_DESCRIPTION = "A webcomic about life, the universe, and everything"
+SITE_LANGUAGE = "en-us"
+
+
+def generate_rss():
+    """Generate RSS feed from COMICS data"""
+    # Create RSS root
+    rss = Element('rss', version='2.0')
+    channel = SubElement(rss, 'channel')
+
+    # Channel metadata
+    SubElement(channel, 'title').text = SITE_TITLE
+    SubElement(channel, 'link').text = SITE_URL
+    SubElement(channel, 'description').text = SITE_DESCRIPTION
+    SubElement(channel, 'language').text = SITE_LANGUAGE
+    SubElement(channel, 'lastBuildDate').text = datetime.now().strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000')
+
+    # Add items for each comic (reversed to show newest first)
+    for comic in reversed(COMICS):
+        item = SubElement(channel, 'item')
+
+        # Title
+        title = comic.get('title', f"#{comic['number']}")
+        SubElement(item, 'title').text = title
+
+        # Link to comic page
+        link = f"{SITE_URL}/comic/{comic['number']}"
+        SubElement(item, 'link').text = link
+        SubElement(item, 'guid', isPermaLink='true').text = link
+
+        # Description (include author note if present)
+        description = f"Comic #{comic['number']}"
+        if comic.get('author_note'):
+            description += f"\n\n{comic['author_note']}"
+        SubElement(item, 'description').text = description
+
+        # Publication date
+        try:
+            pub_date = datetime.strptime(comic['date'], '%Y-%m-%d')
+            SubElement(item, 'pubDate').text = pub_date.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y 00:00:00 +0000')
+        except:
+            pass
+
+        # Image enclosure
+        image_url = f"{SITE_URL}/static/images/{comic['filename']}"
+        SubElement(item, 'enclosure', url=image_url, type='image/png', length='0')
+
+    # Convert to pretty XML
+    xml_str = minidom.parseString(tostring(rss)).toprettyxml(indent='  ')
+
+    # Remove extra blank lines
+    xml_str = '\n'.join([line for line in xml_str.split('\n') if line.strip()])
+
+    return xml_str
+
+
+def main():
+    """Generate and save RSS feed"""
+    # Get path to static folder
+    script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    parent_dir = os.path.dirname(script_dir)
+    static_dir = os.path.join(parent_dir, 'static')
+
+    # Create static directory if it doesn't exist
+    os.makedirs(static_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Generate RSS
+    rss_content = generate_rss()
+
+    # Save to file
+    rss_file = os.path.join(static_dir, 'feed.rss')
+    with open(rss_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(rss_content)
+
+    print(f"RSS feed generated: {rss_file}")
+    print(f"Total comics: {len(COMICS)}")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()