Archnews

#!/usr/bin/env python3

try:
    import re
    import sys
    import feedparser
    from datetime import datetime as dt
except ImportError as err:
    print(str(err) + '. Install it.')
    sys.exit(1)

list_news = []
list_dates = []

def getRss(url):
    feed = feedparser.parse(url)
    date_pattern = re.compile(r'\d{2}\s\w{3}\s\d{4}')
    for info in feed['entries'][0:5]:
        list_dates.append(re.findall(date_pattern, info['published'])[0])
        list_news.append(info['title'])

def deltaCalc(news_date):
    now_doy = dt.now()
    # How many days after publishing news will be highlighted:
    user_delta = 5
    day, month, year = news_date.split(' ')
    news_doy = dt(int(year), int(dt.strptime(month, '%b').month), int(day))
    news_delta = (now_doy - news_doy).days
    if news_delta <= 7:
        return True
    return False

def main():
    url = 'https://www.archlinux.org/feeds/news'
    RED = '\033[7;107;31m'
    BLUE = '\033[94m'
    END = '\033[0m'
    getRss(url)
    print()
    for i in range(len(list_news)):
        if deltaCalc(list_dates[i]):
            print(RED + list_dates[i] + END, "-", list_news[i])
        else:
            print(BLUE + list_dates[i] + END, "-", list_news[i])
    print()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()