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recipes/barrons.recipe

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 import re
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import date
@@ -77,12 +79,23 @@ class barrons(BasicNewsRecipe):
         ]
         return br
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'date': {
+            'short': 'The date of the edition to download (YYYYMMDD format)',
+            'long': 'For example, 20240722.\nIf it didn\'t work, try again later.'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
         self.log(
             '\n***\nif this recipe fails, report it on: '
             'https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=228\n***\n'
         )
-        archive = self.index_to_soup('https://www.barrons.com/magazine?archives=' + date.today().strftime('%Y'))
+        issue_url = 'https://www.barrons.com/magazine?archives=' + date.today().strftime('%Y')'
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('date')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            issue_url = 'https://www.barrons.com/magazine?archives=' + d
+        archive = self.index_to_soup(issue_url)
         issue = archive.find(**prefixed_classes('BarronsTheme--archive-box--'))
         self.timefmt = ' [' + self.tag_to_string(issue.find(**prefixed_classes('BarronsTheme--date--'))) + ']'
         self.description = self.tag_to_string(issue.find(**prefixed_classes('BarronsTheme--headline--')))

recipes/business_today.recipe

@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ class BT(BasicNewsRecipe):
             '\n***\nif this recipe fails, report it on: '
             'https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=228\n***\n'
         )
-        soup = self.index_to_soup('https://www.businesstoday.in')
-        a = soup.findAll('a', attrs={'class':'mag_sld_img'})[1]
-        url = a['href']
 
         d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('date')
         if d and isinstance(d, str):
             url = 'https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/issue/' + d
         else:
+            soup = self.index_to_soup('https://www.businesstoday.in')
+            a = soup.findAll('a', attrs={'class':'mag_sld_img'})[1]
+            url = a['href']
             self.cover_url = a.img['data-src'].split('?')[0]
 
         self.log('issue =', url)

recipes/hindustan_times_print.recipe

@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ class ht(BasicNewsRecipe):
         if p and isinstance(p, str):
             today = p
 
-        self.timefmt = ' [%s]' % today
+        day, month, year = (int(x) for x in today.split('/'))
+        dt = date(year, month, day)
+
+        self.timefmt = ' [%s]' % dt.strftime('%b %d, %Y')
 
         today = today.replace('/', '%2F')
 

recipes/horizons.recipe

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 '''
 https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons
 '''
@@ -28,23 +30,34 @@ class horizons(BasicNewsRecipe):
         classes('back-link'),
         dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'single-post-footer'})
     ]
+
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue_url': {
+            'short': 'The issue URL ',
+            'long': 'For example, https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons/horizons-winter-2024--issue-no-25',
+        }
+    }
     
     def get_browser(self):
         return BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self, verify_ssl_certificates=False)
 
     def parse_index(self):
-        soup = self.index_to_soup('https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons')
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue_url')
-        a = soup.findAll('a', href=True, attrs={'class':'horizon-gallery-box'})[0] #use 1 for previous edition
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
-        url = a['href']
+            url = d
-        if url.startswith('/'):
+        else:
-            url = 'https://www.cirsd.org' + url
+            soup = self.index_to_soup('https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons')
-        self.cover_url = a.find('img')['src']
+            a = soup.findAll('a', href=True, attrs={'class':'horizon-gallery-box'})[0] #use 1 for previous edition
-        self.log(self.cover_url)
+            url = a['href']
-        issue = a.find('div', attrs={'class':'horizon-gallery-title'})
+            if url.startswith('/'):
-        if issue:
+                url = 'https://www.cirsd.org' + url
-            self.title = self.tag_to_string(issue).strip()
+            self.cover_url = a.find('img')['src']
-            self.timefmt = ' [' + self.tag_to_string(issue).strip().replace('Horizons ', '')  + ']'
+            self.log(self.cover_url)
-            self.log('Downloading Issue: ', self.timefmt, self.title)
+            issue = a.find('div', attrs={'class':'horizon-gallery-title'})
+            if issue:
+                self.title = self.tag_to_string(issue).strip()
+                self.timefmt = ' [' + self.tag_to_string(issue).strip().replace('Horizons ', '')  + ']'
+                self.log('Downloading Issue: ', self.timefmt, self.title)
         soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
 
         feeds = []

recipes/lrb.recipe

@@ -67,7 +67,18 @@ class LondonReviewOfBooksPayed(BasicNewsRecipe):
             img['src'] = 'https://www.lrb.co.uk/storage/400_filter/images/' + img['data-appsrc'].split('/images/')[-1]
         return soup
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue_url': {
+            'short': 'The issue URL ',
+            'long': 'For example, https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n01',
+            'default': 'https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue_url')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            self.INDEX = d
         soup = self.index_to_soup(self.INDEX)
         container = soup.find('div', attrs={'class': 'article-issue-cover-image'})
         if container:

recipes/wsj_news.recipe

@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     sec_parse = json.loads(self.index_to_soup(index + v, raw=True))
                     data = sec_parse['articles']
                     for art in data:
-                        dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(data[art]['pubdateNumber'] + time.timezone)
+                        try:
+                            tme = data[art]['pubdateNumber']
+                        except Exception:
+                            tme = data[art]['origPubdateNumber']
+                        dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(tme + time.timezone)
                         if (datetime.now() - dt) > timedelta(self.oldest_article):
                             continue
                         title = data[art]['headline']