Started setting this up as an API

main.py

@@ -1,25 +1,61 @@
 import database as db
 import Feed
-import time
+from flask import request, url_for
+from flask_api import FlaskAPI, status, exceptions
 
-userID = None
+app = FlaskAPI(__name__)
 
 
+@app.route('/')
+def index():
+    return {
+        'stuff'
+    }
+@app.route('/login')
 def login():
     username = 'Dan'
     password = 'password'
 
-
     query = db.sql.text(""" select userID from Users where username = \'%s\'""" % username)
     result = db.con.execute(query).fetchone()
 
-    print(result[0])
-
     return result[0]
 
 
-userID = login()
+@app.route('/updateFeeds/<string:userID>/')
+def updateFeeds(userID):
+    showCheck = []
+    # grabs podcast urls from logged in user
+    query = db.sql.text("""select URL, podcastID, title from Podcasts where userID = %i""" % userID)
+    shows = db.con.execute(query).fetchall()
+
+    # loops through the returned urls and parses each rss feed
+    y = 0
+    for x in shows:
+        # Here we're grabbing all the show urls for each podcast and moving them into a separate array.
+        query = db.sql.text("""select link from Shows where userID = %i and podcastID = %i""" % (userID, shows[y][1]))
+        showGrab = db.con.execute(query).fetchall()
+        z = 0
+        for each in showGrab:
+            showCheck.append(showGrab[z][0])
+            z = z + 1
+
+        parsed = fp.parse(shows[y][0])
+        count = 0
+        for items in parsed['entries']:
+            url = parsed.entries[count].enclosures[0].get('href')
+            # after parsing out the show URL we check if it already exists by comparing it against the showCheck array containing all show URLs
+            if url not in showCheck:
+                query = db.sql.text("""insert into Shows (podcastID, userID, link) values (%i, %i, \"%s\")""" % (
+                shows[y][1], userID, url))
+                db.con.execute(query)
+                print("%s has a new show" % shows[y][2])
+            else:
+                continue
+            count = count + 1
+        y = y + 1
+        showCheck = []  # Clear out the array for the next podcast
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run(debug=True)
 
-while True:
-    Feed.updateFeeds(userID)
-    time.sleep(3600)