#!/usr/bin/env python
""" Simple rss to html converter """
__version__ = "0.0.2"
__author__ = "Ricky L Wilson"
from feedparser import parse as parsefeed
import StringIO
def entry2html(**kwargs):
""" Base template for formating rss entries """
template = u"""
<span class='entry-title'>{title}</span>
<a class='entry-link' href='{link}'>{title}</a>
<span class='entry-description'>{description}</span>
"""
return template.format(**kwargs).encode('utf-8')
def metaFormater(**kwargs):
""" Format feed meta data """
return u"""
<span class='feed-title'>{title}</span>
<span class='feed-date'>{date}</span>
<span class='feed-description'>{description}</span>
""".format(**kwargs).encode('utf-8')
def convert_feed(**kwargs):
""" Convert a single rss feed to html """
out = StringIO.StringIO("")
url = kwargs['url']
feedObj = parsefeed(url)
feed = feedObj.feed
entries = feedObj.entries
print >>out, metaFormater(title=feed.title,
description=feed.description,
date=feed.date)
for entry in entries:
print >>out, entry2html(title=entry.title,
link=entry.link,
description=entry.description)
return out.getvalue()
def convert_feeds(**kwargs):
""" Convert multiple rss feeds to html """
for url in kwargs['urls']:
print convert_feed(url=url)
convert_feeds(urls=['http://stackoverflow.com/feeds',
'http://stackoverflow.com/feeds'])
