feedgenerator – Feed generator

The feed generator is intended for use in controllers, and generates an output stream. Currently the following feeds can be created by imported the appropriate class:

  • RssFeed
  • RssUserland091Feed
  • Rss201rev2Feed
  • Atom1Feed

All of these format specific Feed generators inherit from the SyndicationFeed() class.

Example controller method:

import logging

from pylons import request, response, session
from pylons import tmpl_context as c
from pylons.controllers.util import abort, redirect_to, url_for
from webhelpers.feedgenerator import Atom1Feed

from helloworld.lib.base import BaseController, render

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

class CommentsController(BaseController):

    def index(self):
        feed = Atom1Feed(
            title=u"An excellent Sample Feed",
            link=url_for(),
            description=u"A sample feed, showing how to make and add entries",
            language=u"en",
        )
        feed.add_item(title="Sample post",
                      link=u"http://hellosite.com/posts/sample",
                      description="Testing.")
        response.content_type = 'application/atom+xml'
        return feed.writeString('utf-8')

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