import feedparser
import serial
import time

python_wiki_rss_url = "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/0Agp81yylX-cPdGVmTC1DMnFSVFJGOHd1VVdyb0o4Wmc/od6/public/basic?alt=rss"


#print items

ser = serial.Serial("/dev/tty.usbmodemfa131", 9600, timeout=1)
time.sleep(2)

x = 1
while True:
  feed = feedparser.parse( python_wiki_rss_url )
  RSSitems = feed ["items"]
  for item in RSSitems:
     summary = item["summary"]
     
     #summary.strip('whydowesuffer: ')
     #summary.translate(None, ', _cokwr:')
     #print summary.translate(None, ',') 
     #ser.write(str(summary.replace('whydowesuffer: ','') .replace(', _cokwr: ','\n'))
     
     
     #print summary.replace('whydowesuffer: ','').replace(',','\n\n').replace(' _cokwr: ','\n') 
    
     screentext=summary.replace('whydowesuffer: ','').replace(',','\n\n').replace(' _cokwr: ','\n') 
     # shortscreentext=screentext[:30]
     
     print screentext
     ser.write(str(screentext))
     
     #ser.write(str(summary[15:]))
     ser.write("\n")
     ser.write("\n")
     ser.write("\n")

     
     time.sleep(2)
     x += 1