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rssgen.entry¶

copyright:: 2013-2020, Lars Kiesow <lkiesow@uos.de>
license:: FreeBSD and LGPL, see license.* for more details.

class rssgen.entry.FeedEntry¶

FeedEntry call representing an ATOM feeds entry node or an RSS feeds item node.

atom_entry(extensions=True)¶: Create an ATOM entry and return it.

author(author=None, replace=False, **kwargs)¶

Get or set author data. An author element is a dict containing a name, an email address and a uri. Name is mandatory for ATOM, email is mandatory for RSS.

This method can be called with: - the fields of an author as keyword arguments - the fields of an author as a dictionary - a list of dictionaries containing the author fields

An author has the following fields: - name conveys a human-readable name for the person. - uri contains a home page for the person. - email contains an email address for the person.

Parameters:

author – Dict or list of dicts with author data.
replace – Add or replace old data.

Example:

>>> author({'name':'John Doe', 'email':'jdoe@example.com'})
[{'name':'John Doe','email':'jdoe@example.com'}]

>>> author([{'name': 'Mr. X'}, {'name': 'Max'}])
[{'name':'John Doe','email':'jdoe@example.com'},
        {'name':'John Doe'}, {'name':'Max'}]

>>> author(name='John Doe', email='jdoe@example.com', replace=True)
[{'name':'John Doe','email':'jdoe@example.com'}]

category(category=None, replace=False, **kwargs)¶

Get or set categories that the entry belongs to.

This method can be called with: - the fields of a category as keyword arguments - the fields of a category as a dictionary - a list of dictionaries containing the category fields

A categories has the following fields: - term identifies the category - scheme identifies the categorization scheme via a URI. - label provides a human-readable label for display

If a label is present it is used for the RSS feeds. Otherwise the term is used. The scheme is used for the domain attribute in RSS.

Parameters:

category – Dict or list of dicts with data.
replace – Add or replace old data.

Returns:

List of category data.

comments(comments=None)¶

Get or set the value of comments which is the URL of the comments page for the item. This is a RSS only value.

Parameters:: comments – URL to the comments page.
Returns:: URL to the comments page.

content(content=None, src=None, type=None)¶

Get or set the content of the entry which contains or links to the complete content of the entry. Content must be provided for ATOM entries if there is no alternate link, and should be provided if there is no summary. If the content is set (not linked) it will also set rss:description.

Parameters:

content – The content of the feed entry.
src – Link to the entries content.
type – If type is CDATA content would not be escaped.

Returns:

Content element of the entry.

contributor(contributor=None, replace=False, **kwargs)¶

Get or set the contributor data of the feed. This is an ATOM only value.

This method can be called with: - the fields of an contributor as keyword arguments - the fields of an contributor as a dictionary - a list of dictionaries containing the contributor fields

An contributor has the following fields: - name conveys a human-readable name for the person. - uri contains a home page for the person. - email contains an email address for the person.

Parameters:

contributor – Dictionary or list of dictionaries with contributor data.
replace – Add or replace old data.

Returns:

List of contributors as dictionaries.

description(description=None, isSummary=False)¶

Get or set the description value which is the item synopsis. Description is an RSS only element. For ATOM feeds it is split in summary and content. The isSummary parameter can be used to control which ATOM value is set when setting description.

Parameters:

description – Description of the entry.
isSummary – If the description should be used as content or summary.

Returns:

The entries description.

enclosure(url=None, length=None, type=None)¶

Get or set the value of enclosure which describes a media object that is attached to the item. This is a RSS only value which is represented by link(rel=enclosure) in ATOM. ATOM feeds can furthermore contain several enclosures while RSS may contain only one. That is why this method, if repeatedly called, will add more than one enclosures to the feed. However, only the last one is used for RSS.

Parameters:

url – URL of the media object.
length – Size of the media in bytes.
type – Mimetype of the linked media.

Returns:

Data of the enclosure element.

guid(guid=None, permalink=False)¶

Get or set the entries guid which is a string that uniquely identifies the item. This will also set atom:id.

Parameters:

guid – Id of the entry.
permalink – If this is a permanent identifier for this item

Returns:

Id and permalink setting of the entry.

id(id=None)¶

Get or set the entry id which identifies the entry using a universally unique and permanent URI. Two entries in a feed can have the same value for id if they represent the same entry at different points in time. This method will also set rss:guid with permalink set to False. Id is mandatory for an ATOM entry.

Parameters:: id – New Id of the entry.
Returns:: Id of the entry.

link(link=None, replace=False, **kwargs)¶

Get or set link data. An link element is a dict with the fields href, rel, type, hreflang, title, and length. Href is mandatory for ATOM.

This method can be called with: - the fields of a link as keyword arguments - the fields of a link as a dictionary - a list of dictionaries containing the link fields

A link has the following fields:

href is the URI of the referenced resource (typically a Web page)
rel contains a single link relationship type. It can be a full URI, or one of the following predefined values (default=alternate):
- alternate an alternate representation of the entry or feed, for example a permalink to the html version of the entry, or the front page of the weblog.
- enclosure a related resource which is potentially large in size and might require special handling, for example an audio or video recording.
- related an document related to the entry or feed.
- self the feed itself.
- via the source of the information provided in the entry.
type indicates the media type of the resource.
hreflang indicates the language of the referenced resource.
title human readable information about the link, typically for display purposes.
length the length of the resource, in bytes.

RSS only supports one link with nothing but a URL. So for the RSS link element the last link with rel=alternate is used.

RSS also supports one enclusure element per entry which is covered by the link element in ATOM feed entries. So for the RSS enclusure element the last link with rel=enclosure is used.

Parameters:

link – Dict or list of dicts with data.
replace – Add or replace old data.

Returns:

List of link data.

pubDate(pubDate=None)¶: Get or set the pubDate of the entry which indicates when the entry was published. This method is just another name for the published(…) method.

pubdate(pubDate=None)¶

Get or set the pubDate of the entry which indicates when the entry was published. This method is just another name for the published(…) method.

pubdate(…) is deprecated and may be removed in rssgen ≥ 0.8. Use pubDate(…) instead.

published(published=None)¶

Set or get the published value which contains the time of the initial creation or first availability of the entry.

The value can either be a string which will automatically be parsed or a datetime.datetime object. In any case it is necessary that the value include timezone information.

Parameters:: published – The creation date.
Returns:: Creation date as datetime.datetime

rights(rights=None)¶

Get or set the rights value of the entry which conveys information about rights, e.g. copyrights, held in and over the entry. This ATOM value will also set rss:copyright.

Parameters:: rights – Rights information of the feed.
Returns:: Rights information of the feed.

rss_entry(extensions=True)¶: Create a RSS item and return it.

source(url=None, title=None)¶

Get or set the source for the current feed entry.

Note that ATOM feeds support a lot more sub elements than title and URL (which is what RSS supports) but these are currently not supported. Patches are welcome.

Parameters:

url – Link to the source.
title – Title of the linked resource

Returns:

Source element as dictionaries.

summary(summary=None, type=None)¶

Get or set the summary element of an entry which conveys a short summary, abstract, or excerpt of the entry. Summary is an ATOM only element and should be provided if there either is no content provided for the entry, or that content is not inline (i.e., contains a src attribute), or if the content is encoded in base64. This method will also set the rss:description field if it wasn’t previously set or contains the old value of summary.

Parameters:: summary – Summary of the entries contents.
Returns:: Summary of the entries contents.

title(title=None)¶

Get or set the title value of the entry. It should contain a human readable title for the entry. Title is mandatory for both ATOM and RSS and should not be blank.

Parameters:: title – The new title of the entry.
Returns:: The entriess title.

ttl(ttl=None)¶

Get or set the ttl value. It is an RSS only element. ttl stands for time to live. It’s a number of minutes that indicates how long a channel can be cached before refreshing from the source.

Parameters:: ttl – Integer value representing the time to live.
Returns:: Time to live of of the entry.

updated(updated=None)¶

Set or get the updated value which indicates the last time the entry was modified in a significant way.

The value can either be a string which will automatically be parsed or a datetime.datetime object. In any case it is necessary that the value include timezone information.

Parameters:: updated – The modification date.
Returns:: Modification date as datetime.datetime