def find_news():
items = []
try:
root = ET.fromstring(
requests.get(config.get('main', 'rss_url')).content)
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
return []
for item in root.findall('.//channel/item'):
link, title = item.find('link').text, item.find('title').text
ext_id = link.split('.')[-1].split('/')[0]
if not Topic.select().where(Topic.ext_id == ext_id):
items.append({"title": title, "link": link})
Topic.create(title=title, link=link, ext_id=ext_id)
else:
Topic.update(title=title, link=link).where(Topic.ext_id == ext_id)
return items
