app/soc/logic/feed.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:00:51 +0000
changeset 141 e120c24b89e2
child 155 682c398c5aa7
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added Melange front page edit view where you can change title, content, feed url. Created SiteSettings and Document models and some logic for them. Added isFeedURLValid function in soc/logic/feed.py. Created some functions for handling datastore updates of different kinds of Models (soc/logic/model.py). Fixed some typos and too long lines of code. Patch by: Pawel Solyga Review by: to-be-reviewed

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Feeds helpers functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
  ]

from google.appengine.api import urlfetch
from soc.utils import feedparser

def isFeedURLValid(feed_url=None):
  """Returns True if provided url is valid ATOM or RSS.

  Args:
    feed_url: ATOM or RSS feed url
  """
  if feed_url:
    result = urlfetch.fetch(feed_url)
    if result.status_code == 200:
      parsed_feed = feedparser.parse(result.content)
      if parsed_feed.version and (parsed_feed.version != ''):
        return True
  return False