Some parsing tweaks, mostly for The Guardian

3 files changed, 40 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 3b39a73..ea1508f 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ def run():
     #nyt=buildNYT()
     #sourceList.append(nyt)
 
-    gdn=buildGuardian()
+    #for some reason, The Guardian sometimes just doesn't work right?
+    #loop until it gets it right
+    h1='https://www.theguardian.com/us'
+    looped=False
+    while h1=='https://www.theguardian.com/us':
+        try:
+            gdn=buildGuardian()
+            h1=gdn.h1Arr[0]
+        except:
+            print('The Guardian: build error. Looping again.')
+        if looped:
+            print('Guardian loop')
+        looped=True
     sourceList.append(gdn)
 
     blz=buildBlaze()
diff --git a/parser.py b/parser.py
index e6257da..41972cd 100644
--- a/parser.py
+++ b/parser.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def buildGuardian():
 
     #get main headline
     h1=content
-    h1=h1.split('<h1 ', 1)[1]
+    h1=h1.split('<h1', 1)[1]
     h1=h1.split('<a href="', 1)[1]
     h1=h1.split('"', 1)[0]
     h1s=[h1]
@@ -205,13 +205,12 @@ def buildGuardian():
     while '<h2 class="fc-item__title"><a href="' in h3:
         h3=h3.split('<h2 class="fc-item__title"><a href="', 1)[1]
         x=h3.split('"', 1)[0]
-        if h1 not in x:
-            h3s.append(x)
+        h3s.append(x)
 
     h1s, h2s, h3s = removeDuplicates(h1s, h2s, h3s)
 
     gdn=buildNewsSource2(name, url, h1s, h2s, h3s)
-    #gdn=removeBadStories(blz, None, None, None)
+    gdn=removeBadStories(gdn, ['Tom McCarthy'], ['https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ben-jacobs'], None)
 
     return gdn
 
@@ -359,7 +358,9 @@ def buildNBC():
     h1=h1.split('panel_hero', 1)[1]
     h1=h1.split('<a href="', 1)[1]
     h1=h1.split('"', 1)[0]
-    h1s=[url+h1]
+    if '.com' not in h1:
+        h1=url+h1
+    h1s=[h1]
 
     #GET SECONDARY HEADLINES
     h2=content
@@ -371,7 +372,9 @@ def buildNBC():
         h2=h2.split('<a href="', 1)[1]
         x=h2.split('"', 1)[0]
         if h1 not in x:
-            h2s.append(url+x)
+            if '.com' not in x:
+                x=url+x
+            h2s.append(x)
 
     #GET TERTIARY HEADLINES
     h3=content
@@ -383,7 +386,9 @@ def buildNBC():
         h3=h3.split('<a href="', 1)[1]
         x=h3.split('"', 1)[0]
         if h1 not in x:
-            h3s.append(url+x)
+            if '.com' not in x:
+                x=url+x
+            h3s.append(x)
 
     #adjust for today.com urls
     for arr in [h1s, h2s, h3s]:
@@ -510,7 +515,7 @@ def buildWeeklyStandard():
     #REMOVE BAD STORIES
     ## if flagged again, remove Micah Mattix
     badDescArr=['Matt Labash']
-    badAuthorArr=['MATT LABASH', 'TWS PODCAST']
+    badAuthorArr=['MATT LABASH', 'TWS PODCAST', 'ERIC FELTEN']
     badImgArr=['http://www.weeklystandard.com/s3/tws15/images/twitter/tws-twitter_1024x512.png']
     wkl=removeBadStories(wkl, badDescArr, badAuthorArr, badImgArr)
 
diff --git a/unbiasedFunctions.py b/unbiasedFunctions.py
index de27228..748aed7 100644
--- a/unbiasedFunctions.py
+++ b/unbiasedFunctions.py
@@ -25,8 +25,20 @@ def buildArticle(url, sourceName):#, titleDelStart, titleDelEnd, imgDelStart, im
         if sourceName=='The Guardian':

             #The Guardian puts an identifying banner on their og:images

             #grab the main image from the page instead

-            img=content.split('<img class="maxed', 1)[1]

-            img=img.split('src="', 1)[1].split('"')[0]

+

+            #scenario 1: regular image

+            if '<img class="maxed' in content:

+                img=content.split('<img class="maxed', 1)[1]

+                img=img.split('src="', 1)[1].split('"')[0]

+            #scenario 2: video in image spot

+            elif '<meta itemprop="image"' in content:

+                img=content.split('<meta itemprop="image"', 1)[1]

+                img=img.split('content="', 1)[1].split('"')[0]

+            #scenario 3: photo essays

+            elif '<img class="immersive-main-media__media"' in content:

+                img=content.split('<img class="immersive-main-media__media"', 1)[1]

+                img=img.split('src="', 1)[1].split('"')[0]

+            

         else:

             img=content.split('og:image" content=')[1][1:].split('>')[0]

             if img[-1]=='/':