Parse more JSON data into the <description> tag

roisin_dubh_listings.py

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/python3
+# Script to scrape the event listings webpage for the Róisín Dubh pub in Galway and generate an RSS feed
+# The page does appear to offer an RSS feed but it's broken and returns dates in the far future and distant past
 
 import requests
-import json
 from datetime import datetime
 
 listings = requests.get("https://roisindubh.net/remote/searchlistings.json").json()["results"]
 
+# using several print statements to prioritise code readability over efficiency (I/O speeds are unimportant to me)
 print('<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">')
 print('<channel><title>Roisín Dubh Listings</title><link>https://roisindubh.net/listings/</link>')
 
@@ -13,7 +15,34 @@ for listing in listings:
     print('<item>')
     print('<title>' + listing["pagetitle"] + '</title>')
     print('<link>https://roisindubh.net/listings/' + listing["alias"] + '</link>')
-    print('<description>' + listing["introtext"] + '</description>')
+
+    print('<description> <![CDATA[')
+    print(listing["introtext"] + "\n" + listing["content"] + "\n")
+
+    print('Location: ' + listing["name"] + '<br>')
+    print('Ticket Allocation: ' + listing["ticket_allocation"] + '<br>')
+    print('Tickets remaining?: ' + str(listing["ticket_remaining"] == '1') + '<br>')
+    print('Event start time: ' + listing["event_date_time"] + '<br>')
+    print('Late night?: ' + str(listing["late_night"] == "1") + '<br>')
+    print('Postponed?: ' + str(listing["postponed"] == "1") + '<br>')
+    print('Sales start time: ' + listing["sales_start"] + '<br>')
+    print('On Sale?: ' + str(listing["on_sale"] == "1") + '<br>')
+    print('Tickets remaining?: ' + str(listing["ticket_remaining"] == '1') + '<br>')
+
+    if listing["external_ticket_url"]:
+        print('External Ticket URL: <a href="' + listing["external_ticket_url"] + '">' + listing["external_ticket_url"] + '</a>')
+
+ #  unparsed json object:
+ #    "prices": {
+ #      "regular": 10,
+ #      "student": 0,
+ #      "vip": 0,
+ #      "ticket_limit": 10,
+ #      "ticket_limit_per_transaction": 1,
+ #      "discount": []
+ #    },
+
+    print(']]> </description>')
     print('<pubDate>' + datetime.strptime(listing["event_date_time"], '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S').strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z') + '</pubDate>')
     print('</item>')