import sys
import feedparser
#List of uples (label, property-tag, truncation)
COMMON_CHANNEL_PROPERTIES = [
('Channel title:', 'title', None),
('Channel description:', 'description', 100),
('Channel URL:', 'link', None),
]
COMMON_ITEM_PROPERTIES = [
('Item title:', 'title', None),
('Item description:', 'description', 100),
('Item URL:', 'link', None),
]
INDENT = u' '*4
def feedinfo(url, output=sys.stdout):
"""
Read an RSS or Atom feed from the given URL and output a feed
report with all the key data
"""
feed_data = feedparser.parse(url)
channel, items = feed_data.feed, feed_data.entries
#Display core feed data
for label, prop, trunc in COMMON_CHANNEL_PROPERTIES:
value = channel[prop]
if trunc:
value = value[:trunc] + u'...'
print >> output, label, value
print >> output
print >> output, "Feed items:"
for item in items:
for label, prop, trunc in COMMON_ITEM_PROPERTIES:
value = item[prop]
if trunc:
value = value[:trunc] + u'...'
print >> output, INDENT, label, value
print >> output, INDENT, u'---'
return
if __name__ == "__main__":
url = sys.argv[1]
feedinfo(url)
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