gubatron · October 7, 2025 14:31 · Oct 7, 2025
diff --git a/dbtc_newsletter_stories_getter b/dbtc_newsletter_stories_getter
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") <newsletter_url>" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+NEWSLETTER_URL="$1"
+
+if ! command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Error: curl is required but not installed." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  PYTHON="python3"
+elif command -v python >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  PYTHON="python"
+else
+  echo "Error: python3 or python is required but not installed." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v uninews >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Error: uninews command is required but not available in PATH." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+tmpfile=$(mktemp)
+trap 'rm -f "$tmpfile"' EXIT
+
+curl -fsSL "$NEWSLETTER_URL" -o "$tmpfile"
+
+story_urls=()
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+  story_urls+=("$line")
+done < <("$PYTHON" - "$tmpfile" <<'PY'
+import sys
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+html = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text()
+pattern = re.compile(r'<h2[^>]*>\s*<a[^>]+href="([^"]+)"', re.IGNORECASE)
+seen = set()
+urls = []
+
+for match in pattern.finditer(html):
+    url = match.group(1)
+    if url in seen:
+        continue
+    seen.add(url)
+    urls.append(url)
+    if len(urls) == 5:
+        break
+
+for url in urls:
+    print(url)
+PY
+)
+
+if [ "${#story_urls[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Error: Unable to find any story URLs in the provided newsletter." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${#story_urls[@]}" -lt 5 ]; then
+  printf 'Warning: only found %d story URLs in the newsletter.\n' "${#story_urls[@]}" >&2
+fi
+
+separator=$'\n\n=============\n\n'
+
+for idx in "${!story_urls[@]}"; do
+  url="${story_urls[$idx]}"
+  if [ "$idx" -ne 0 ]; then
+    printf '%s' "$separator"
+  fi
+  uninews "$url"
+done