def basic_asset_for_element(asset_el):
atom_id = asset_el.findtext('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}id')
logging.debug('Parsing asset %s', atom_id)
try:
asset = Post.objects.get(atom_id=atom_id)
except Post.DoesNotExist:
asset = Post(atom_id=atom_id)
asset.imported = True
publ = asset_el.findtext('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}published')
publ_dt = datetime.strptime(publ, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
asset.created = publ_dt
content_el = asset_el.find('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}content')
content_type = content_el.get('type')
if content_type == 'html':
asset.html = content_el.text
elif content_type == 'xhtml':
html_el = content_el.find('{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}div')
html = html_el.text or u''
html += u''.join(ElementTree.tostring(el) for el in html_el.getchildren())
asset.html = html
author_el = asset_el.find('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}author')
author_name = author_el.findtext('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}name')
openid = author_el.findtext('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}uri')
# Import "gone" folks' comments anonymously.
if openid != 'http://www.vox.com/gone/':
asset.author = person_for_openid(openid, author_name).user
return asset
