Class SyndicationFeed
Base class for all syndication feeds. Subclasses should provide write()
Declaration
class SyndicationFeed
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Methods
▶ def __init__(self, title, link, description, language=None, author_email=None, ...) def __init__(
self,
title,
link,
description,
language=None,
author_email=None,
author_name=None,
author_link=None,
subtitle=None,
categories=None,
feed_url=None,
feed_copyright=None,
feed_guid=None,
ttl=None,
**kwargs,
)
▶ def add_item(self, title, link, description, author_email=None, author_name=None, ...) Add an item to the feed. All args are expected to be strings except pubdate and updateddate, which are datetime.datetime objects, and enclosures, which is an iterable of instances of the Enclosure class.
def add_item(
self,
title,
link,
description,
author_email=None,
author_name=None,
author_link=None,
pubdate=None,
comments=None,
unique_id=None,
unique_id_is_permalink=None,
categories=(),
item_copyright=None,
ttl=None,
updateddate=None,
enclosures=None,
**kwargs,
)
▶ def add_item_elements(self, handler, item) Add elements on each item (i.e. item/entry) element.
Overrides
This method is overriden in:
▶ def add_root_elements(self, handler) Add elements in the root (i.e. feed/channel) element. Called from write().
Overrides
This method is overriden in:
▷ def item_attributes(self, item) Return extra attributes to place on each item (i.e. item/entry) element.
▷ def latest_post_date(self) Return the latest item's pubdate or updateddate. If no items have either of these attributes this return the current UTC date/time.
▶ def root_attributes(self) Return extra attributes to place on the root (i.e. feed/channel) element. Called from write().
Overrides
This method is overriden in:
▶ def write(self, outfile, encoding) Output the feed in the given encoding to outfile, which is a file-like object. Subclasses should override this.
Overrides
This method is overriden in:
▷ def writeString(self, encoding) Return the feed in the given encoding as a string.
Subclasses