def parse_feed(feed_str):
"""Parses a feed, and returns a Podcast instance"""
podcast = ParsedPodcast()
tree = cElementTree.fromstring(feed_str.encode("utf-8"))
channel = tree[0]
for child in channel:
if child.tag == "title":
podcast.title = child.text
elif child.tag == "link":
podcast.link = child.text
elif child.tag == "description":
podcast.description = child.text
elif child.tag == "language":
podcast.language = child.text
elif child.tag == "copyright":
podcast.copyright = child.text
elif child.tag == ITUNES_NS + "author":
podcast.author = child.text
elif child.tag == ITUNES_NS + "keywords":
podcast.tags += child.text.split(", ")
elif child.tag == ITUNES_NS + "explicit":
podcast.explicit = child.text
elif child.tag == ITUNES_NS + "image":
podcast.image = child.attrib.get("href")
elif child.tag == ITUNES_NS + "owner":
podcast.owner = _parse_person(child)
elif child.tag == ITUNES_NS + "category":
podcast.categories += _parse_categories(child)
elif child.tag == "item":
podcast.episodes.append(_parse_item(child))
return podcast
def create_valid_podcast():
"""Creates a valid podcast."""
podcast = ParsedPodcast(**TEST_DATA)
podcast.episodes = map(lambda d: ParsedEpisode(**d), podcast.episodes)
return podcast