def get_noticeboard(self, repository_id):
"""
Return noticeboard RSS metadata (dict form) for given repository
identifier.
This method is fault tolerant, except for invalid repository_id given,
if repository notice board file is broken or not found an empty dict
is returned.
@param repository_id: repository identifier
@type repository_id: string
@return: repository metadata
@rtype: dict
@raise KeyError: if given repository identifier is not available
"""
repo_data = self._settings['repositories']['available'][repository_id]
nb_path = repo_data['local_notice_board']
if not const_file_readable(nb_path):
return {} # not found
# load RSS metadata and return if valid
myrss = RSS(nb_path, '', '')
data, data_len = myrss.get_entries()
if data is None:
return {}
return data
def data(self):
"""
Return the noticeboard RSS metadata.
This method is fault tolerant, except for invalid repository_id given,
if repository notice board file is broken or not found an empty dict
is returned.
@return: repository metadata
@rtype: dict
@raise KeyError: if given repository identifier is not available
"""
avail_data = self._settings['repositories']['available']
nb_path = avail_data[self._repository_id]['local_notice_board']
if not const_file_readable(nb_path):
return {} # not found
myrss = RSS(nb_path, '', '')
data, data_len = myrss.get_entries()
if data is None:
return {}
return data
def data(self):
"""
Return the noticeboard RSS metadata.
This method is fault tolerant, except for invalid repository_id given,
if repository notice board file is broken or not found an empty dict
is returned.
@return: repository metadata
@rtype: dict
@raise KeyError: if given repository identifier is not available
"""
avail_data = self._settings['repositories']['available']
nb_path = avail_data[self._repository_id]['local_notice_board']
if not const_file_readable(nb_path):
return {} # not found
myrss = RSS(nb_path, '', '')
data, data_len = myrss.get_entries()
if data is None:
return {}
return data