def byline_detail(request, slug):
"""
A page with everything written by one of the Authors.
"""
author = Author.get_by_key_name(slug)
if not author:
raise Http404
context = {
'author' : author,
'now': datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=5),
'selected': 'byline_list',
}
return direct_to_template(request, 'byline_detail.html', context)
def get_object(self, bits):
if len(bits) != 1:
raise FeedDoesNotExist
return Author.get_by_key_name(bits[0])
def update_feed(request):
"""
Fetch a feed and sync each item with the database.
"""
# Fetch the url
url = request.GET['url']
content = fetch(url).content
d = feedparser.parse(StringIO.StringIO(content))
# Loop through all the items
for entry in d.entries:
# See if this link already exists
story_query = Story.all()
story = story_query.filter('link =', entry.id).get()
# And if it doesn't ...
if not story:
# Create a new Story object
story = Story(
link = entry.id,
title = entry.title,
updated_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(entry.updated_parsed)),
)
# Prep the authors
authors = entry.author.split(',')
author_keys = []
# Loop through the authors
for author in authors:
# Check if the author already exists
this_slug = str(slugify(author))
if not this_slug:
continue
a = Author.get_by_key_name(this_slug)
# If it does...
if a:
# Sync updates
if story.updated_date > a.last_updated:
a.last_updated = story.updated_date
a.put()
# Otherwise...
else:
# Create a new Author obj
a = Author(
key_name = this_slug,
name = author,
slug = this_slug,
story_count = 1,
last_updated = story.updated_date
)
a.put()
# Add this to the Author key list
author_keys.append(a.key())
# Add the author keys to the story object
story.bylines = author_keys
# Save the story
story.put()
# Schedule total updates for all the authors
[taskqueue.add(
url = '/_update_story_count_for_author/',
params = {'key' : i},
method='GET'
) for i in author_keys]
return HttpResponse('ok!')
