def fetch_apropos_news(self):
""" Retrieves the apropos blog entries and returns them. """
current_lang = translation.get_language()
feed_url = (
"https://apropos.erudit.org/en/erudit-en/blog/feed/"
if current_lang == "en"
else "https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/erudit/blogue/feed/"
)
entries_cache_key = "apropos-feed-{lang}".format(lang=current_lang)
# Tries to fetch previously stored entries
entries = cache.get(entries_cache_key, None)
if entries is None:
# Fetches the blog entries
try:
parsed = rss_parse(feed_url)
assert parsed.get("status") == 200
except AssertionError:
# The feed is not available.
logger.error(
"Apropos feeds unavailable ({})".format(feed_url), exc_info=True, extra={"request": self.request}
)
return []
entries = parsed.get("entries", [])[:6]
# Stores the entries in the cache
cache.set(entries_cache_key, entries, 60 * 60) # 1 hour
return entries
def fetch_apropos_news(self):
""" Retrieves the apropos blog entries and returns them. """
current_lang = translation.get_language()
feed_url = 'https://apropos.erudit.org/en/erudit-en/blog/feed/' if current_lang == 'en' \
else 'https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/erudit/blogue/feed/'
entries_cache_key = 'apropos-feed-{lang}'.format(lang=current_lang)
# Tries to fetch previously stored entries
entries = cache.get(entries_cache_key, None)
if entries is None:
# Fetches the blog entries
try:
parsed = rss_parse(feed_url)
status_code = parsed.get('status')
assert status_code == 200 or status_code == 304
except AssertionError:
# The feed is not available.
logger.error('Apropos feeds unavailable ({})'.format(feed_url),
exc_info=True, extra={'request': self.request, })
return []
entries = parsed.get('entries', [])[:6]
# Converts the 'published' time struct to a datetime object
for item in entries:
item['dt_published'] = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(item.published_parsed))
# Stores the entries in the cache
cache.set(entries_cache_key, entries, 60 * 60) # 1 hour
return entries
