Demo/scripts/newslist.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
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# Newslist  $Revision$
#
# Syntax:
#    newslist [ -a ]
#
# This is a program to create a directory full of HTML pages
# which between them contain links to all the newsgroups available
# on your server.
#
# The -a option causes a complete list of all groups to be read from
# the server rather than just the ones which have appeared since last
# execution. This recreates the local list from scratch. Use this on
# the first invocation of the program, and from time to time thereafter.
#   When new groups are first created they may appear on your server as
# empty groups. By default, empty groups are ignored by the -a option.
# However, these new groups will not be created again, and so will not
# appear in the server's list of 'new groups' at a later date. Hence it
# won't appear until you do a '-a' after some articles have appeared.
#
# I should really keep a list of ignored empty groups and re-check them
# for articles on every run, but I haven't got around to it yet.
#
# This assumes an NNTP news feed.
#
# Feel free to copy, distribute and modify this code for
# non-commercial use. If you make any useful modifications, let me
# know!
#
# (c) Quentin Stafford-Fraser 1994
# fraser@europarc.xerox.com                     qs101@cl.cam.ac.uk
#                                                                     #
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import sys,nntplib, string, marshal, time, os, posix, string

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# Check these variables before running!                               #

# Top directory.
# Filenames which don't start with / are taken as being relative to this.
topdir='/anfs/qsbigdisc/web/html/newspage'

# The name of your NNTP host
# eg.
#    newshost = 'nntp-serv.cl.cam.ac.uk'
# or use following to get the name from the NNTPSERVER environment
# variable:
#    newshost = posix.environ['NNTPSERVER']
newshost = 'nntp-serv.cl.cam.ac.uk'

# The filename for a local cache of the newsgroup list
treefile = 'grouptree'

# The filename for descriptions of newsgroups
# I found a suitable one at ftp.uu.net in /uunet-info/newgroups.gz
# You can set this to '' if you don't wish to use one.
descfile = 'newsgroups'

# The directory in which HTML pages should be created
# eg.
#   pagedir  = '/usr/local/lib/html/newspage'
#   pagedir  = 'pages'
pagedir  = topdir

# The html prefix which will refer to this directory
# eg.
#   httppref = '/newspage/',
# or leave blank for relative links between pages: (Recommended)
#   httppref = ''
httppref = ''

# The name of the 'root' news page in this directory.
# A .html suffix will be added.
rootpage = 'root'

# Set skipempty to 0 if you wish to see links to empty groups as well.
# Only affects the -a option.
skipempty = 1

# pagelinkicon can contain html to put an icon after links to
# further pages. This helps to make important links stand out.
# Set to '' if not wanted, or '...' is quite a good one.
pagelinkicon='... <img src="http://pelican.cl.cam.ac.uk/icons/page.xbm"> '

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Less important personal preferences:

# Sublistsize controls the maximum number of items the will appear as
# an indented sub-list before the whole thing is moved onto a different
# page. The smaller this is, the more pages you will have, but the
# shorter each will be.
sublistsize = 4

# That should be all.                                                 #
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for dir in os.curdir, os.environ['HOME']:
    rcfile = os.path.join(dir, '.newslistrc.py')
    if os.path.exists(rcfile):
        print(rcfile)
        execfile(rcfile)
        break

from nntplib import NNTP
from stat import *

rcsrev = '$Revision$'
rcsrev = string.join([s for s in string.split(rcsrev) if '$' not in s])
desc = {}

# Make (possibly) relative filenames into absolute ones
treefile = os.path.join(topdir,treefile)
descfile = os.path.join(topdir,descfile)
page = os.path.join(topdir,pagedir)

# First the bits for creating trees ---------------------------

# Addtotree creates/augments a tree from a list of group names
def addtotree(tree, groups):
    print('Updating tree...')
    for i in groups:
        parts = string.splitfields(i,'.')
        makeleaf(tree, parts)

# Makeleaf makes a leaf and the branch leading to it if necessary
def makeleaf(tree,path):
    j = path[0]
    l = len(path)

    if j not in tree:
        tree[j] = {}
    if l == 1:
        tree[j]['.'] = '.'
    if l > 1:
        makeleaf(tree[j],path[1:])

# Then the bits for outputting trees as pages ----------------

# Createpage creates an HTML file named <root>.html containing links
# to those groups beginning with <root>.

def createpage(root, tree, p):
    filename = os.path.join(pagedir,root+'.html')
    if root == rootpage:
        detail = ''
    else:
        detail = ' under ' + root
    f = open(filename,'w')
    # f.write('Content-Type: text/html\n')
    f.write('<TITLE>Newsgroups available' + detail + '</TITLE>\n')
    f.write('<H1>Newsgroups available' + detail +'</H1>\n')
    f.write('<A HREF="'+httppref+rootpage+'.html">Back to top level</A><P>\n')
    printtree(f,tree,0,p)
    f.write('<I>This page automatically created by \'newslist\' v. '+rcsrev+'.')
    f.write(time.ctime(time.time()) + '</I><P>')
    f.close()

# Printtree prints the groups as a bulleted list.  Groups with
# more than <sublistsize> subgroups will be put on a separate page.
# Other sets of subgroups are just indented.

def printtree(f, tree, indent, p):
    global desc
    l = len(tree)

    if l > sublistsize and indent>0:
        # Create a new page and a link to it
        f.write('<LI><B><A HREF="'+httppref+p[1:]+'.html">')
        f.write(p[1:]+'.*')
        f.write('</A></B>'+pagelinkicon+'\n')
        createpage(p[1:], tree, p)
        return

    kl = list(tree.keys())

    if l > 1:
        kl.sort()
        if indent > 0:
            # Create a sub-list
            f.write('<LI>'+p[1:]+'\n<UL>')
        else:
            # Create a main list
            f.write('<UL>')
        indent = indent + 1

    for i in kl:
        if i == '.':
            # Output a newsgroup
            f.write('<LI><A HREF="news:' + p[1:] + '">'+ p[1:] + '</A> ')
            if p[1:] in desc:
                f.write('     <I>'+desc[p[1:]]+'</I>\n')
            else:
                f.write('\n')
        else:
            # Output a hierarchy
            printtree(f,tree[i], indent, p+'.'+i)

    if l > 1:
        f.write('\n</UL>')

# Reading descriptions file ---------------------------------------

# This returns an array mapping group name to its description

def readdesc(descfile):
    global desc

    desc = {}

    if descfile == '':
        return

    try:
        d = open(descfile, 'r')
        print('Reading descriptions...')
    except (IOError):
        print('Failed to open description file ' + descfile)
        return
    l = d.readline()
    while l != '':
        bits = string.split(l)
        try:
            grp = bits[0]
            dsc = string.join(bits[1:])
            if len(dsc)>1:
                desc[grp] = dsc
        except (IndexError):
            pass
        l = d.readline()

# Check that ouput directory exists, ------------------------------
# and offer to create it if not

def checkopdir(pagedir):
    if not os.path.isdir(pagedir):
        print('Directory '+pagedir+' does not exist.')
        print('Shall I create it for you? (y/n)')
        if sys.stdin.readline()[0] == 'y':
            try:
                os.mkdir(pagedir,0o777)
            except:
                print('Sorry - failed!')
                sys.exit(1)
        else:
            print('OK. Exiting.')
            sys.exit(1)

# Read and write current local tree ----------------------------------

def readlocallist(treefile):
    print('Reading current local group list...')
    tree = {}
    try:
        treetime = time.localtime(os.stat(treefile)[ST_MTIME])
    except:
        print('\n*** Failed to open local group cache '+treefile)
        print('If this is the first time you have run newslist, then')
        print('use the -a option to create it.')
        sys.exit(1)
    treedate = '%02d%02d%02d' % (treetime[0] % 100 ,treetime[1], treetime[2])
    try:
        dump = open(treefile,'r')
        tree = marshal.load(dump)
        dump.close()
    except (IOError):
        print('Cannot open local group list ' + treefile)
    return (tree, treedate)

def writelocallist(treefile, tree):
    try:
        dump = open(treefile,'w')
        groups = marshal.dump(tree,dump)
        dump.close()
        print('Saved list to '+treefile+'\n')
    except:
        print('Sorry - failed to write to local group cache '+treefile)
        print('Does it (or its directory) have the correct permissions?')
        sys.exit(1)

# Return list of all groups on server -----------------------------

def getallgroups(server):
    print('Getting list of all groups...')
    treedate='010101'
    info = server.list()[1]
    groups = []
    print('Processing...')
    if skipempty:
        print('\nIgnoring following empty groups:')
    for i in info:
        grpname = string.split(i[0])[0]
        if skipempty and string.atoi(i[1]) < string.atoi(i[2]):
            print(grpname+' ', end=' ')
        else:
            groups.append(grpname)
    print('\n')
    if skipempty:
        print('(End of empty groups)')
    return groups

# Return list of new groups on server -----------------------------

def getnewgroups(server, treedate):
    print('Getting list of new groups since start of '+treedate+'...', end=' ')
    info = server.newgroups(treedate,'000001')[1]
    print('got %d.' % len(info))
    print('Processing...', end=' ')
    groups = []
    for i in info:
        grpname = string.split(i)[0]
        groups.append(grpname)
    print('Done')
    return groups

# Now the main program --------------------------------------------

def main():
    global desc

    tree={}

    # Check that the output directory exists
    checkopdir(pagedir);

    try:
        print('Connecting to '+newshost+'...')
        if sys.version[0] == '0':
            s = NNTP.init(newshost)
        else:
            s = NNTP(newshost)
        connected = 1
    except (nntplib.error_temp, nntplib.error_perm) as x:
        print('Error connecting to host:', x)
        print('I\'ll try to use just the local list.')
        connected = 0

    # If -a is specified, read the full list of groups from server
    if connected and len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == '-a':

        groups = getallgroups(s)

    # Otherwise just read the local file and then add
    # groups created since local file last modified.
    else:

        (tree, treedate) = readlocallist(treefile)
        if connected:
            groups = getnewgroups(s, treedate)

    if connected:
        addtotree(tree, groups)
        writelocallist(treefile,tree)

    # Read group descriptions
    readdesc(descfile)

    print('Creating pages...')
    createpage(rootpage, tree, '')
    print('Done')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# That's all folks
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