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Here goes the scripts which reads the latest scores rss from cricinfo.com and displays it on the  screen. It uses the  sax (Simple API for XML) for parsing the xml. Now I can work and watch the scores on the screen simultaneously !!! .

 

 #!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Started on 26, Apr 2007 by Maxin B. John <maxinbjohn@gmail.com>
# This file is licensed under the GPL.
#
#importing the Pyosd and xml parser

import pyosd
from xml.sax import handler, make_parser
import sys, string , time

class SaxDocumentHandler(handler.ContentHandler):

def __init__(self, outfile):
self.outfile = outfile
self.level = 0
self.xmlcontent=”"
self.pubDate=”"
self.titles = “”
self.description=”"
self.displayer= pyosd.osd()

def startDocument(self):
pass

def endDocument(self):
self.displayer.set_colour(“red”)
self.displayer.set_timeout(5)
self.displayer.set_pos(1)
self.displayer.set_shadow_offset(2)
self.displayer.display( self.description )

def startElement(self, name, attrs):
self.level += 1
self.xmlcontent=name

def endElement(self, name):
pass

def characters(self, chrs):
if self.xmlcontent == ‘pubDate’:
self.pubDate+= chrs
if self.xmlcontent == ‘title’:
self.titles+=chrs
if self.xmlcontent == ‘description’:
self.description+=chrs

def xmlparse(inFileName):
outFile = sys.stdout
# Create an instance of the Handler.
handler = SaxDocumentHandler(outFile)
# Create an instance of the parser.
parser = make_parser()
# Set the content handler.
parser.setContentHandler(handler)
# Parse the file
parser.parse(inFileName)
# sleeping for 5 seconds to prevent a sudden exit
time.sleep(5)

def main():
args = sys.argv[1:]
#if len(args) != 1:
#    print ‘usage: python cricketonscreen.py  http://www.cricinfo.com/rss/livescores.xml’
#    sys.exit(-1)
# Here we are depending on cricinfo for the latest scores
xmlparse(“http://www.cricinfo.com/rss/livescores.xml”)

#Finally triger the events

if __name__ == ‘__main__’:
while 1:
main()
time.sleep(5)

 

Just see the output..  It just makes me weep .. out of happiness.