def gen_news(title, category, site, url, chksum, pub_date):
ni = NewsItem()
ni.site = site
ni.title = title
ni.url = url
ni.pub_date = pub_date
ni.category = category
ni.chksum = chksum
ni.save()
def handle(self, *args, **options):
print "Getting reddit update"
r = reddit.Reddit('willcritchlow anythinginterestingbot')
submissions = r.get_subreddit('worldnews').get_top('week')
for submission in submissions:
try:
ni = NewsItem.objects.get(slug=submission.id)
except:
ni = NewsItem()
ni.slug = submission.id
ni.title = submission.title
ni.url = submission.short_link # use the short link to guarantee it will fit in the database
ni.comment_url = submission.permalink
ni.created = datetime.fromtimestamp(submission.created_utc)
ni.score = submission.score
try:
ni.save()
except:
print "Error saving %s" % ni.title
print "Reddit update complete"
