From 3def57a9334f03c9fb8877c3b11d7337c95cc12e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "A.M. Rowsell" <amrowsell@frozenelectronics.ca>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:15:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Quick and dirty hack to check for latest post in a feed

This is needed in case the feed is not in reverse chronological
order, like most feeds. This needs testing still.
---
 discorss.py | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discorss.py b/discorss.py
index f0ee41f..c36b49a 100755
--- a/discorss.py
+++ b/discorss.py
@@ -100,16 +100,25 @@ def main():
     for i, hook in enumerate(app_config["feeds"]):
         # Get the feed
         print("Parsing feed {}...".format(hook["name"]))
-        feed = feedparser.parse(hook["url"])
-        try:
-            published_time = time.mktime(feed.entries[0]["published_parsed"])
-            published_time = published_time + hook["offset"]
-        except KeyError:
-            published_time = now - 10  # Not sure what a sensible default here is
+        feeds = feedparser.parse(hook["url"])
+        latest_post = []
+        prev_best = 0
+        for feed in feeds:
+            try:
+                published_time = time.mktime(feed["published_parsed"])
+                published_time = published_time + hook["offset"]
+            except KeyError:
+                published_time = feed["published"]
+                print(published_time)
+                sys.exit(254)
+            if published_time > prev_best:
+                latest_post = feed
+                prev_best = published_time
+            else:
+                continue
+
         # Hash the title of the latest post and use that to determine if it's been posted
-        new_hash = hashlib.sha3_512(
-            bytes(feed.entries[0]["title"], "utf-8")
-        ).hexdigest()
+        new_hash = hashlib.sha3_512(bytes(latest_post["title"], "utf-8")).hexdigest()
         try:
             if hook["lasthash"] != new_hash:
                 app_config["feeds"][i]["lasthash"] = new_hash
@@ -121,8 +130,8 @@ def main():
         webhook = {
             "embeds": [
                 {
-                    "title": str(feed.entries[0]["title"]),
-                    "url": str(feed.entries[0]["link"]),
+                    "title": str(latest_post["title"]),
+                    "url": str(latest_post["link"]),
                     "color": 216128,
                     "footer": {
                         "name": "DiscoRSS",
@@ -135,7 +144,7 @@ def main():
                     "fields": [
                         {
                             "name": "Excerpt from post:",
-                            "value": get_description(feed),
+                            "value": get_description(latest_post),
                         }
                     ],
                 }