From d741af1a4a62ffb682c17038902fdfdb5dfed816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominic DiTaranto <me@domdit.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:09:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adding guid, pubDate, and execution location option

---
 config.py    |  6 ++++++
 generator.py | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index bf213e9..2f7f81a 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ LANGUAGE = "en-us"
 # example: `feeds` would output your rss feed to www.yoursite.com/feeds/index.xml
 # if you leave it None it will be www.yourside.com/index.xml (recommended)
 XML_BASE_PATH = ""
+
+# Set this to true if you plan on executing this from the actual rss generator directory
+# this should be false if rss generator is a subdirectory AND
+# you plan on calling the generator from the parent directory like:
+# `python3 rss_generator/generator.py`
+EXECUTE_FROM_RSS_GENERATOR_DIR = False
 # ########################################################################
diff --git a/generator.py b/generator.py
index e374099..86118e3 100644
--- a/generator.py
+++ b/generator.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import platform
+from uuid import uuid4
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
-from config import TITLE, URL, DESCRIPTION, GENERATOR, LANGUAGE, XML_BASE_PATH
+from config import TITLE, URL, DESCRIPTION, GENERATOR, LANGUAGE, XML_BASE_PATH, EXECUTE_FROM_RSS_GENERATOR_DIR
 
 
 class RSSGenerator:
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ class RSSGenerator:
 
         self.output_path = f"../{XML_BASE_PATH}/index.xml" if XML_BASE_PATH else "../index.xml"
 
+        if not EXECUTE_FROM_RSS_GENERATOR_DIR:
+            self.output_path.replace('../', '')
+
         self.post_title = None
         self.post_link = None
         self.post_desc = None
@@ -118,6 +122,12 @@ class RSSGenerator:
         description = ET.SubElement(item, 'description')
         description.text = self.post_desc
 
+        guid = ET.SubElement(item, 'guid')
+        guid.text = str(uuid4())
+
+        pub_date = ET.SubElement(item, 'pubDate')
+        pub_date.text = self.now
+
     def list_posts(self):
         print("\nHere is a list of all your posts:")
         for idx, item in enumerate(self.channel.findall('item')):