A simple API that returns the current economist issue number (eg, 9346)

The rss feed

I used Proquest to generate an rss feed for new entries to the economist,

1. Visit the economist page on proquest

2. Click RSS feed

gcp

This runs in app engine. The rss feed is entered as a secret.

1. Make a GCP project

2. Add a secret called feed containing the url from above. The name feed is important as it is hardcoded.

3. Grant the right permissions

4. update the PROJECT_ID in app.yml (it should be a big number 211821181654). To double check, click the dots beside the secret in secret manager and click copy resource name (like this)

Demo

If this is of use to you then you may curl https://econpod-23523.ue.r.appspot.com