def gather_feed(self, feed):
""" Given a feed, retrieves the items of the feed """
content = utilityFunctions.feedparser_parse(feed.uri)
items = list()
if content:
for entry in content["entries"]:
d = defaultdict(str, entry)
description = d["description"]
if not description:
description = d["summary"]
title = d["title"]
link = d["link"]
if not title and not description and not link:
print(
"WARNING: An entry from the feed with label "
+ feed.name
+ " has no title, description, or link. Skipped."
+ str(entry)
)
else:
item = Item(feed.name, title, Gatherer.description_cleanup(description), link)
items.append(item)
feed.items = items
def verify(self, warning_list):
uri = self.retrieve()
if not uri:
return False # A blank URI is always incorrect
elif not (uri.startswith('/') or uri.startswith('http://') or uri.startswith('https://')):
uri = 'http://' + uri # Attempt to complete the URI #TODO: Instead of preemptively trying to fix it, probe it as is first.
content = utilityFunctions.feedparser_parse(uri) # Probe the URI
if not content:
warning_list.append('The URI ' + uri + ' did not contain a valid RSS feed.')
return True
