Fetch RSS Feed With Fish Shell And Python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
from lxml import html
import json

'''
Requires the lxml library.
    Create a virtual env or install via package manager. Arch based: 
        sudo pacman -S python-lxml

Save this as getfeeds.py in ~/.config/fish/user_scripts
You will need to create the directory user_scripts
'''

def get_feed(url):
    httprequest = Request(url, headers={"Accept": "application/json"})
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        if response.status == 200:
            return response.read()

def convert(feed_data, article_limit=40, strip_time=True):
    data = {}
    article_count = 0
    tree = html.fromstring(feed_data)
    for tag in tree.iter():
        if article_count >= article_limit:
            break
        if not len(tag):
            try:
                if "title" in str(tag.tag).lower():
                    title = tag.text.strip()
                    data[title]={}
                    article_count += 1
                if "guid" in str(tag.tag).lower():
                    link = tag.text    
                    data[title][link]=""
                if "pubdate" in str(tag.tag).lower():
                    pubdate = tag.text.split("+")[0].strip()
                    if strip_time:
                        pubdate = pubdate.rsplit(' ', 1)[0] # rip the time off.
                    data[title][link]=pubdate.strip()
            except:
                pass
    return data

# ----------------
# ***** MAIN *****
# ----------------

feed_url = 'https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews'
content = get_feed(feed_url)

data = convert(content)
current = ""
for title in data.keys():
    pub = ""
    link = ""
    try:
        link,pub = list(data[title].items())[0]
        line = f"{pub}^{title}^{link}\n"
        current += line
    except: pass
        
print(current)

# Save as hnews.fish in ~/.config/fish/functions
# To open a link, ctrl + left mouse click on title.
function hnews
    set hnlist (python3 ~/.config/fish/user_scripts/getfeeds.py)
    for i in (string split '\n' $hnlist)
        set list_elems (string split '^' $i)
        set check $list_elems[1]
        if test -n "$check"
            echo -e "$list_elems[1]: \e]8;;$list_elems[3]\e\\$list_elems[2]\e]8;;\e\\"
        end
    end
end