iCalToRSS

October 30th, 2004 · Comments · Uncategorized

iCalToRSS; is a set of Python scripts I wrote for retrieving iCa events and TODO items and displaying them as RSS newsfeeds inside ;NetNewsWire 2.

I wrote the Python code to parse the iCal calendar files (which are standard RFC2425 Mime-Dir files) and then I use PyRSS2Gen to output the events as RSS news items. Finally NetNewsWire 2.0 executes my scripts and displays the RSS.

Download: iCalToRSS.tar.gz

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jcburns 3 years ago 1 point
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,,,unfortunately, the free NetNewsWire Lite 2.0 doesn't seem to offer the 'special subscription' feature. Great python code, though.

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Joe Beirne 3 years ago 1 point
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Although I had just been wishing for something like this and hoping someone would build it, I have been unable to get this work for some reason. I get a feed but no data is displayed. I have tried multiple calendars and believe I have carefully set the the feed up using your instructions. Any thoughts?

Thanks for doing this: I cant wait to use it!

Joe Beirne

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ken tompkins 3 years ago 1 point
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It doesn't work for me either under 10.3.5. I get an error that it can't find the Cal file but I've checked the path (correct), file name (correct) and I think it is set up correctly. I can provide the traceback if you want it.

ken tompkins

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schwa 3 years ago 1 point
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The code only took two evenings to write - there are going to be bugs. I'll try and make it more robust (better error reporting at the very least) and release a new version in a day or two.

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Joe Beirne 3 years ago 1 point
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Jon-

Please keep up the good work: this use of NNW is a great idea and I am sure we are all very grateful that you have taken this on.

Keep us posted on your progress.

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Kade P. Cole 3 years ago 1 point
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I am also not having any luck. I recieve this error under Panther and Python 2.3:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./iCalToRSS.py", line 98, in ?
main(sys.argv)
File "./iCalToRSS.py", line 92, in main
iCalToRSS().processAllLocalCalendarFiles()
File "./iCalToRSS.py", line 50, in processAllLocalCalendarFiles
theCalendar.read(theFile)
File "/Users/kcole/Desktop/Downloads/iCalToRSS/Scripts/iCalendar.py", line 117, in read
theRootNode = theReader.read(iter(file))
File "/Users/kcole/Desktop/Downloads/iCalToRSS/Scripts/MimeDir.py", line 64, in read
self.processLine(theLine, nodeStack = theNodeStack)
File "/Users/kcole/Desktop/Downloads/iCalToRSS/Scripts/MimeDir.py", line 99, in processLine
theNode.value = theValue
File "/Users/kcole/Desktop/Downloads/iCalToRSS/Scripts/MimeDir.py", line 54, in setValue
self._value = Unescape(value)
File "/Users/kcole/Desktop/Downloads/iCalToRSS/Scripts/MimeDir.py", line 13, in Unescape
C = theIterator.next()
StopIteration

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schwa 3 years ago 1 point
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If you feel comfortable doing so it would be really handy if you emailed me (mailto:iCalToRSS@toxicsoftware.com) the .ics file you are having trouble with.

Cheers.

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ken tompkins 3 years ago 1 point
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The latest version works fine here; thanks for the script and for following up on it. I'm already using it.

kt

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Joe Beirne 3 years ago 1 point
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Yes, I am also getting good results with latest version.

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