Backward compatibility on N parameters. No more required to first cd to the feed2twister folder.

README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Feed2twister is a simple script to post items from RSS/ATOM feeds to [Twister](h
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
+* Python 2
 * [Twister](http://twister.net.co/) (of course)
 * [python-bitcoinrpc](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-bitcoinrpc/)
 * [feedparser](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/feedparser/)
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ Feed2twister is a simple script to post items from RSS/ATOM feeds to [Twister](h
 
 ### Running
 
-Normally, you would run this as a cron task: `cd /path/to/this ; python feed2twister.py` [`-n N`] [`-c CONFIGFILE`]
+Normally, you would run this as a cron task: `/path/to/this/feed2twister.py [N] [-c CONFIGFILE]`
 
 if [optional] `N` is supplied, it's used as the maximum items to post (per feed). Default is `0`.
 
@@ -28,4 +29,4 @@ If there are more than `N` new items in a feed, "over quota" items get marked as
 
 Specifically, `python feed2twister.py 0` would make all feeds "catch up" without posting anything.
 
-if [optional] `CONFIGFILE` is supplied, it is used as a custom config file, instead of the first file found in the following list: ./feed2twister.conf, ~/.config/feed2twister.conf, ~/.feed2twister.conf
+if [optional] `CONFIGFILE` is supplied, it is used as a custom config file, instead of the first file found in the following list: `./feed2twister.conf`, `~/.config/feed2twister.conf`, `~/.feed2twister.conf`

feed2twister.conf.example

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ username = MYTWISTERUSERNAME
 # change to rpcuser and rpcpassword from ~/.twister/twister.conf
 rpc_url = http://MYRPCUSER:MYRPCPASSWORD@127.0.0.1:28332
 # db is mainly there to keep track of "what not to post again" :) (debugging too, I guess)
-db_filename = items.db
+db_filename = ~/.feed2twister.db
 # this leaves 36 characters and a ... to get to 140. If we don't have that, we skip the item :(
 max_url_length = 100
 # Use your own feeds, of course :)

feed2twister.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 import os,feedparser,anydbm,argparse,ConfigParser
 from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy
 
@@ -5,7 +8,7 @@ SCRIPT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Feed2twister is a simple script to post items from RSS/ATOM feeds to Twister.')
 arg_parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='Alternate config file. Default is {0}.'.format(os.path.join(SCRIPT_PATH, 'feed2twister.conf')))
-arg_parser.add_argument('--maxitems', '-n', type=int, metavar='N',
+arg_parser.add_argument('maxitems', metavar='N', type=int, nargs='?', default=None,
                         help="""Maximum items to post (per feed). Default is 0.
 If there are more than N new items in a feed, "over quota" items get marked as if they were posted (this can be handy when you add a new feed with a long history). Specifically, %(prog)s 0 would make all feeds "catch up" without posting anything.""")
 args = arg_parser.parse_args()
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ def get_next_k(twister,username):
         return 0
 
 def main(max_items):
-    db = anydbm.open(main_config['db_filename'],'c')
+    db = anydbm.open(os.path.expanduser(main_config['db_filename']),'c')
     twister = AuthServiceProxy(main_config['rpc_url'])
 
     for feed_url in get_array_conf_option('feeds'):