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#!/usr/bin/perl
# use perl -*- mode: Perl; -*-
use strict;
use File::Cache;
my $VERSION = 0.62;
my $COMPATIBLE_NEWS_CLIPPER_VERSION = 1.18;
my %info;
# author_name
# author_email
# maintainer_name
# maintainer_email
# name
# description
# category
# url: url for the web page
# license
# for_news_clipper_version
# language
# urlcode: code that sets "my $url"
# defaults: code to set defaults
# attributes: an array of all the attributes and their possible values, as
# "attribute:(value1|value2|value3)".
# patterncode: code to set the start and end patterns
# getfunction: the name of the Get function (GetHtml, e.g.)
# getcode: the Get code.
# date: code for the GetUpdateTimes function
# defaulthandlers: code that contains the GetDefaultHandlers function
my $handlerserver = 'handlers.newsclipper.com';
#my $handlerserver = 'localhost';
sub Prompt;
my ($editor,@prompt);
print <<EOF;
Greetings! This is News Clipper's MakeHandler.pl program, which is designed to
help you write handlers. Well, actually, it will help you write *Acquisition*
handlers. General filter and output handlers are a bit more involved, and it's
not likely that you'll need to write them.
This utility will invoke a text editor to allow you to enter responses. The
main control will happen here at the script, but most of the data entry will
be done in the editor. Just enter the requested information in the space
between the prompts, which look like this:
vvvvv
<THIS IS WHERE YOU ANSWER>
^^^^^
Please read the hints for handler writers, at
http://www.newsclipper.com/handlers.htm#Handler_Tutorial
EOF
print "Enter the name of your favorite editor (notepad, vi, emacs): ";
$editor = <STDIN>;
chomp $editor;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print "First, we need a few details...\n\n";
push @prompt,<<EOF;
What's your name?
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Where can people reach you by email, in case they have problems with your
handler, or want to make modifications to it?
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Enter the handler's name, in all lower case.
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Enter a one line description of the handler, so people can understand what it
does when it is listed on the handler webpage.
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Enter a URL where people can surf to in order to get an idea of where the data
comes from.
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
What language will the handler be most suited for?
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Sometimes people like to put a license on their code that gives other people
limited rights to modify, copy, sell, etc. it. The GPL is pretty popular, as
is the Artistic license. For a summary of the major open source licenses, see
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/perens.html
Enter the license type, if you want to license your code:
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Please choose a category for your handler. If you would like to use a category
that is not here, you can enter anything you would like now. However, you will
need to email the database maintainer at SubmitHandler\@newsclipper.com and
ask that the category be added before you submit the handler to the database.
General
Tech
Business
Sports
Science
Weather
Music
Local
Humor
Comics
Linux
Programming
Personal Computers
Miscellaneous
EOF
($info{author_name},$info{author_email},$info{name},$info{description},
$info{url},$info{language},$info{license},$info{category}) = Prompt(@prompt);
$info{maintainer_name} = $info{author_name};
$info{maintainer_email} = $info{author_email};
$info{for_news_clipper_version} = $COMPATIBLE_NEWS_CLIPPER_VERSION;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print <<EOF;
Some handlers get their information from different URLs, depending on what
parameters the user enters. For example, the yahootopstories handler can
grab data from several different URLs that all share a common format.
Will your URL depend on a parameter?
EOF
my $yesno;
$yesno = <STDIN>;
if ($yesno =~ /^y/i)
{
push @prompt,<<EOF;
What is the name of the attribute that you would like the URL to depend on?
("source", for example.)
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Enter the values (in lower case) and corresponding URLs, like so:
'headlines' => 'http://some.server.com/headlines'
'technews' => 'http://some.server.com/technews'
'humor' => 'http://some.server.com/humor'
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
What is the default value for the attribute?
EOF
my ($attr,$values,$default) = Prompt(@prompt);
$values =~ s/\n/,\n /gs;
$info{urlcode} = " my \%urlMap = (\n $values,\n );\n\n";
$info{urlcode} .= " my \$url = \$urlMap{\$attributes->{'$attr'}};";
$info{defaults} .= " \$attributes->{'$attr'} = '$default'\n " .
"unless defined \$attributes->{'$attr'};\n";
$values =~ s/'\s*=>\s*'[^']+'/|/gs;
$values =~ s/['\n ,]//g;
$values =~ s/\|$//gs;
push @{$info{attributes}}, "$attr:($values)";
}
else
{
push @prompt,<<EOF;
What is the URL from which News Clipper should grab the data?
EOF
($info{urlcode}) = Prompt(@prompt);
$info{urlcode} = " my \$url = '$info{urlcode}';";
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RETRY1:
print <<EOF;
Choose an acquisition function:
(1) GetUrl -- Gets raw data from a URL, without making links absolute. Use
this for text and such. Grabs all the data from the URL.
(2) GetText -- Extracts text from HTML, fixing < to <, etc.
(3) GetHtml -- Extracts HTML, fixing relative links.
(4) GetImages -- Extracts images, fixing relative links.
(5) GetLinks -- Extracts hyperlinks, fixing relative links and removing
formatting.
EOF
my $input = <STDIN>;
chomp $input;
goto RETRY1 if $input !~ /^[12345]$/;
$info{getcode} = ' my $data = ';
my $acqFunction;
$info{getfunction} = 'GetUrl' if $input eq '1';
$info{getfunction} = 'GetText' if $input eq '2';
$info{getfunction} = 'GetHtml' if $input eq '3';
$info{getfunction} = 'GetImages' if $input eq '4';
$info{getfunction} = 'GetLinks' if $input eq '5';
$info{getcode} .= 'GetUrl' if $input eq '1';
$info{getcode} .= 'GetText' if $input eq '2';
$info{getcode} .= 'GetHtml' if $input eq '3';
$info{getcode} .= 'GetImages' if $input eq '4';
$info{getcode} .= 'GetLinks' if $input eq '5';
$info{getcode} .= "(\$url,\$startPattern,\$endPattern);\n"
if $info{getfunction} ne 'GetUrl';
$info{getcode} .= "(\$url);\n"
if $info{getfunction} eq 'GetUrl';
$info{getcode} .= " return undef unless defined \$data;\n";
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if ($info{getfunction} ne 'GetUrl')
{
print <<EOF;
Sometimes there are several sections on a web page, and you want to allow the
user to choose only one. For example, a site might put headlines and tech
articles on the same web page. Answer "no" to this question if there are
several pieces of data, and it's likely that the user will want them all.
Do you want the grabbed data to depend on a parameter?
EOF
$yesno;
$yesno = <STDIN>;
if ($yesno =~ /^y/i)
{
push @prompt,<<EOF;
First, a word about patterns. You should prefix the pattern with (?i) if you
want it to be case insensitive. ^ matches the beginning of the web page, and \$
matches the end. You can use \\n to match the end of a line.
Try to choose something that is unlikely to change when the web site gets
redesigned. For example, if you're grabbing a comic, and you know that the
comic is the only image that has a filename like "blah29385829.gif", don't try
to precisely grab the <img src="blah29385829.gif"> tag using GetHtml. Instead,
grab all the images using GetImages, then weed out everything but the one you
want. (When using GetLinks and GetImages, you can afford to have a "loose"
match if it allows you to pick a better pattern.)
You should return "clean" HTML, without any unclosed <em>s and such. In fact,
you should strip out <font> tags, since that restricts the web designer. Later
you can manually edit the handler and clean up the HTML using the TrimTags and
StripTags functions.
What is the name of the attribute that you would like the grabbed data to
depend on? ("source", for example.)
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Enter the values (in lower case) and corresponding starting and ending
patterns that News Clipper can use to grab the information, like so:
'headlines' => ['<!-- Start Headlines -->','<!-- End Headlines -->'],
'technews' => ['<!-- Start Technews -->','<!-- End Technews -->'],
'humor' => ['<!-- Start Humor -->','<!-- End Humor -->'],
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
What is the default value for the attribute?
EOF
my ($attr,$values,$default) = Prompt(@prompt);
$values =~ s/\n/\n /gs;
$info{patterncode} = " my \%patternMap = (\n $values,\n );\n\n";
$info{patterncode} .= " my \$startPattern = \$patternMap{\$attributes->{'$attr'}}[0];\n";
$info{patterncode} .= " my \$endPattern = \$patternMap{\$attributes->{'$attr'}}[1];\n";
$info{defaults} .= " \$attributes->{'$attr'} = '$default'\n " .
"unless defined \$attributes->{'$attr'};\n";
$values =~ s/'\s*=>\s*\[[^\]]+\]/|/gs;
$values =~ s/['\n ,]//g;
$values =~ s/\|$//gs;
push @{$info{attributes}}, "$attr:($values)";
}
else
{
push @prompt,<<EOF;
First, a word about patterns. You should prefix the pattern with (?i) if you
want it to be case insensitive. ^ matches the beginning of the web page, and \$
matches the end. You can use \\n to match the end of a line.
Try to choose something that is unlikely to change when the web site gets
redesigned. For example, if you're grabbing a comic, and you know that the
comic is the only image that has a filename like "blah29385829.gif", don't try
to precisely grab the <img src="blah29385829.gif"> tag using GetHtml. Instead,
grab all the images using GetImages, then weed out everything but the one you
want. (When using GetLinks and GetImages, you can afford to have a "loose"
match if it allows you to pick a better pattern.)
You should return "clean" HTML, without any unclosed <em>s and such. In fact,
you should strip out <font> tags, since that restricts the web designer. Later
you can manually edit the handler and clean up the HTML using the TrimTags and
StripTags functions.
What is the starting pattern News Clipper can use to grab the data?
EOF
push @prompt,<<EOF;
What is the ending pattern News Clipper can use to grab the data?
EOF
my ($start,$end) = Prompt(@prompt);
$info{patterncode} = " my \$startPattern = '$start';\n";
$info{patterncode} .= " my \$endPattern = '$end';\n";
}
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if ($info{getfunction} =~ /(Url|Text|Html)/)
{
$info{defaulthandlers} =<<EOF;
sub GetDefaultHandlers
{
my \$self = shift;
my \$inputAttributes = shift;
my \$returnVal =<<' EOF';
<output name='string'>
EOF
return \$returnVal;
}
EOF
}
else
{
$info{defaulthandlers} =<<EOF;
sub GetDefaultHandlers
{
my \$self = shift;
my \$inputAttributes = shift;
my \$returnVal =<<' EOF';
<filter name='limit' number=10>
<output name='array'>
EOF
return \$returnVal;
}
EOF
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
push @prompt,<<EOF;
Now specify the times at which you know the remote server updates its data,
and that News Clipper should refresh its cached data. Please be a little
conservative here -- If you specify every hour of the day, lots of people will
be hitting their server when they probably aren't even looking at their News
Clipper webpage.
Date specifications are of the form "[day] hour,hour,hour [time zone]". If you
leave out the day, every day is assumed. If you leave out the time zone,
Pacific Standard Time is assumed. If you leave out everything, the default of
"2,5,8,11,14,17,20,23 PST" is used. For example, if you are making a handler
for a daily comic, you might want to just use '7', since the comic changes at
6 am PST every day.
The days are: sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat. You can specify multiple times, for
example:
mon 6,8 EST
tues 16 CST
20
would update Mondays at 6am and 8am EST, Tuesdays at 4pm CST, and every day
at 8pm PST.
Enter your date specification:
EOF
my ($datespec) = Prompt(@prompt);
if ($datespec eq '')
{
$info{date} = '';
}
else
{
$datespec =~ s/\n/',\n '/gs;
$info{date} =<<EOF;
sub GetUpdateTimes
{
return ['$datespec'];
}
EOF
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
my $attributes;
$attributes = join ' ',@{$info{attributes}} if defined $info{attributes};
$attributes = '' unless defined $info{attributes};
$attributes =~ s/:([^)]+)\)/=X/g;
$attributes = " $attributes" if $attributes ne '';
my $att2;
$att2 = join "\n ",@{$info{attributes}} if defined $info{attributes};
$att2 = '' unless defined $info{attributes};
$att2 = "\n $att2" if $att2 ne '';
my $code =<<" EOF";
--------> THESE LINES WILL BE REMOVED BY MAKEHANDLER <--------
--------> EDIT THIS VERSION OF THE HANDLER IF YOU NEED TO. <--------
--------> FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE DOING THE "ASTROPIC" HANDLER, <--------
--------> YOU WOULD WANT TO RETURN A HASH CONTAINING SEVERAL DATA <--------
--------> ITEMS, SO YOU'D HAVE TO EDIT THE "GET" FUNCTION, AS WELL <--------
--------> AS THE "GETDEFAULTHANDLERS" FUNCTION. <--------
# -*- mode: Perl; -*-
package NewsClipper::Handler::Acquisition::$info{name};
use vars qw( \@ISA \$VERSION \%handlerInfo );
--------> FIX THESE COMMENTS. ADD ANY ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES YOU <--------
--------> NEED, AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE ATTRIBUTES MEAN. THIS IS THE <--------
--------> DOCUMENTATION THAT THE USER WILL REFER TO IN ORDER TO <--------
--------> USE YOUR HANDLER. <--------
\$handlerInfo{'Author_Name'} = '$info{author_name}';
\$handlerInfo{'Author_Email'} = '$info{author_email}';
\$handlerInfo{'Maintainer_Name'} = '$info{maintainer_name}';
\$handlerInfo{'Maintainer_Email'} = '$info{maintainer_email}';
\$handlerInfo{'Description'} = <<'EOF';
$info{description}
EOF
\$handlerInfo{'Category'} = '$info{category}';
\$handlerInfo{'URL'} = <<'EOF';
$info{url}
EOF
\$handlerInfo{'License'} = '$info{license}';
\$handlerInfo{'For_News_Clipper_Version'} = '$info{for_news_clipper_version}';
\$handlerInfo{'Language'} = '$info{language}';
\$handlerInfo{'Notes'} = <<'EOF';
EOF
\$handlerInfo{'Syntax'} = <<'EOF';
<input name=$info{name}$attributes>$att2
EOF
use strict;
use NewsClipper::Handler;
\@ISA = qw(NewsClipper::Handler);
# - The first number should be incremented when a change is made to the
# handler that will break people's input files.
# - The second number should be incremented when a change is made that won't
# break people's input files, but changes the functionality.
# - The third number should be incremented when only a bugfix is applied.
\$VERSION = do {my \@r=('0.1.0'=~/\\d+/g);sprintf "\%d."."\%02d"x\$#r,\@r};
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub ComputeURL
{
my \$self = shift;
my \$attributes = shift;
$info{urlcode}
return \$url;
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This subroutine checks the handler's attributes to make sure they are valid,
# and sets any default attributes if necessary.
sub ProcessAttributes
{
my \$self = shift;
my \$attributes = shift;
my \$handlerRole = shift;
# Set defaults here. You can safely delete this function if your handler has
# no attributes with default values.
# \$attributes->{'some_attribute'} = 'default_value'
# unless defined \$attributes->{'some_attribute'};
# Verify any attributes you need to here. Output an error and return undef
# if something is wrong.
# unless (\$attributes->{somevalue} > 0)
# {
# error "The \\"somevalue\\" attribute for handler \\"HANDLERNAME\\" " .
# "should be greater than 0.\\n";
# return undef;
# }
$info{defaults}
return \$attributes;
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This function is used to get the raw data from the URL.
sub Get
{
my \$self = shift;
my \$attributes = shift;
$info{patterncode}
my \$url = \$self->ComputeURL(\$attributes);
$info{getcode}
--------> IF YOU NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL PROCESSING, LIKE A <--------
--------> \@\$data = grep {/\d{5}.gif/} \@\$data; <--------
--------> TO FILTER OUT IMAGES THAT DON'T HAVE 5 DIGITS, OR IF <--------
--------> YOU NEED TO SPLIT THE DATA UP FURTHER, DO IT HERE. <--------
return \$data;
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------> MAKEHANDLER TRIED TO MAKE A GOOD GUESS HERE. YOU MIGHT <--------
--------> NEED TO CHANGE THIS. <--------
$info{defaulthandlers}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$info{date}
1;
EOF
open FILE,">MakeHandler.inp";
print FILE $code;
close FILE;
system ("$editor MakeHandler.inp");
open FILE,"<MakeHandler.inp";
my $finishedcode = join '',<FILE>;
close FILE;
$finishedcode =~ s/-------->[^<]+<--------//gs;
$finishedcode =~ s/\n\n\n+/\n\n/gs;
$finishedcode =~ s/^\n*//s;
$finishedcode =~ s/\n*$/\n/s;
open FILE, ">$info{name}.pm";
print FILE $finishedcode;
close FILE;
print <<EOF;
A basic handler called $info{name}.pm has been created for you.
To try it out, put it in your handlers directory (typically
NewsClipper/Handler/) and put
<!--newsclipper
<input name=$info{name}>
-->
in your input file.
Have fun!
EOF
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub Prompt
{
open FILE,">MakeHandler.inp";
foreach my $data (@prompt)
{
print FILE $data,"vvvvv\n\n","^^^^^\n","-"x78,"\n";
}
close FILE;
RETRY2:
system ("$editor MakeHandler.inp");
open FILE,"<MakeHandler.inp";
my $returnString = join '',<FILE>;
close FILE;
my @returnvals = ();
foreach my $data (@prompt)
{
my $response = undef;
my $pattern = $data;
($response) = $returnString =~ /vvvvv\s*(.*?)\s*\^\^\^\^\^/s;
unless (defined $response)
{
print "Sorry, I couldn't figure out what you answered for the ",
"question:\n\n$data\nTry again. <press enter to confirm>\n";
goto RETRY2;
}
$returnString =~ s/vvvvv/vvvv/;
push @returnvals, $response;
}
@prompt = ();
return @returnvals;
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Needed by compiler
#perl2exe_include File/Spec/Win32
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=head1 NAME
MakeHandler.pl - A generator for handlers suitable for use by News Clipper.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
I<MakeHandler.pl> is a handler generator. It asks the user a few questions,
and then creates a handler.pm file, which can then be edited further. It
jump-starts the handler writing process.
Handlers are the extensible mechanism by which I<News Clipper> can be
customized to acquire and display information from new data sources. News
Clipper provides an API of useful functions that can be used by the handler
writer.
For more information and hints about writing handlers, see
http://www.newsclipper.com/makehan.htm. Also
see the API description in the documentation for NewsClipper.pl.
=head1 OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
None.
=head1 PREREQUISITES
No additional Perl modules are needed.
=head1 AUTHOR
Spinnaker Software, Inc.
David Coppit, <david@coppit.org>, http://coppit.org/
=begin CPAN
=pod COREQUISITES
none
=pod OSNAMES
any
=pod SCRIPT CATEGORIES
HTML/Preprocessors
=end CPAN
=cut
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