adding flask_apscheduler to update the Multifeeder every 10 minutes

4 years ago · afa1d8c6d1
4 changed files with 17 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/feedtools.py
+++ b/feedtools.py
@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ def update():
 			tmp['all_posts_sorted'][str(post_date)].append(post)

 	db.update(tmp)
-	return db

 def load():
 	db = SimpleDatabase('feeds.json', 'feeds.log')
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 flask
 feedparser
 pathlib
+Flask-APScheduler
--- a/start.py
+++ b/start.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import flask
+import flask_apscheduler
 import feedtools
 import json

@ -7,6 +8,19 @@ APP = flask.Flask(__name__,
 	static_folder="static",
 	template_folder="templates")

+# Initialize Flask-APScheduler
+# https://github.com/viniciuschiele/flask-apscheduler
+# Thanks Crunk for pointing to this extention!
+scheduler = flask_apscheduler.APScheduler()
+scheduler.api_enabled = False
+scheduler.init_app(APP)
+scheduler.start()
+
+@scheduler.task('interval', id='update', minutes=10)
+def update():
+	print('Updating the Multifeeder!')
+	feedtools.update()
+
@APP.route("/")
 def index():
 	db = feedtools.load()
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
 	<meta charset="utf-8">
-	<title>multifeeder</title>
+	<title>-mu-l-t-i-f-e-e-d-e-r-</title>
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/stylesheet.css">
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 </head>
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	</section>
 	<section id="feeds">		
 		<h1>Currently feeding</h1>
-		<p>The following feeds are rendered in the Multifeeder. The feeds in this list include streams of projects and activities in and around Varia.</p>
+		<p>The following feeds are rendered in the Multifeeder. The feeds in this list include streams of projects and activities in and around Varia. The API is updated every 10 minutes.</p>
 		{% for x, feed in db['feeds'].items() %}
 			<div class="feed el{{ x }}">
 				<div class="title">{{ feed.title }}</div>