Reusable libraries, generally for use in web applications.
| # ASCII, Dammit | 2004 | License: Public domain | Python | |
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A tool similar to The
Demoroniser, but written as a Python library and capable of
ASCIIfying not only MS smart quotes but (with varying degrees of
accuracy) most of ISO-Latin-1. For use in fits of parochialism when
you want something in ASCII, dammit. Can also convert such characters
to HTML. See also the Unicode, Dammit library that comes with
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| # Ass-Kicking Laser Algorithm | 2004 | License: Python | Python | |
| This misleadingly-named library fetches and parses the XML file containing the most recent weblogs to have pinged weblogs.com. Its name derives from a joke about things that have cool names but are actually quite dull. | ||||
| # Beautiful Soup | 2004-2006 | License: Python | Python | |
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Beautiful Soup is an HTML/XML parser with no external dependencies and
no soul. It doesn't care if you give it bad markup; you just get back
a data structure that's bad in a corresponding way. It's designed for
screen-scraping applications when you only care about part of the
markup you're processing. It also uses any means neccessary to convert
incoming documents to Unicode, using an | ||||
| # I Want Options | 2002-present | License: Python | Python | |
| I Want Options is a reusable configuration framework. It can be used to move a web applications' configuration data online with the rest of the data, to do user preferences, or anything else your twisted mind can think of. Originally developed for use in NewsBruiser. | ||||
| # Internet Topic Exchange Client | 2003 | License: Public domain | Python | |
| This rather unimaginatively titled library provides Python bindings to the HTTP POST and XML-RPC API for the Internet Topic Exchange. Originally developed for use in NewsBruiser. | ||||
| # Leonard's Obsequious Markup Producer | 1999-present | License: Python | Python | |
| LOMP is a very simple library for generating HTML text with CSS styling (CSS styling not included) and HTML forms. Originally developed for use in NewsBruiser. | ||||
| # Rubyful Soup | 2005 | License: Ruby | Ruby | |
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Rubyful Soup is a Ruby port of | ||||
| # Scrape 'N' Feed | 2005 | License: Python | Python | |
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Scrape 'N' Feed contains almost all the code you need to scrape a web
page and turn it into an RSS feed. Combine with
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| # Template! The Musical | 2002-present | License: Python | Python | |
| T!TM is a library for doing template interpolation. It's fast and easy to use. Originally developed for use in NewsBruiser. | ||||
| # Transfusion | 2004 | License: Python | Python | |
| Transfusion is a simple parser for the Moveable Type input format. Originally developed for use in NewsBruiser. | ||||