RSS consumption in Django (/ Python)

Question

For the site I'm working on, I would like to import many RSS feeds using Django. Since I need their content quickly, I will need to cache them locally (either in the database, or in some other way).

Is there a standard application for consuming RSS in Django, or is there a standard way to do this in Python?

Of course, I could implement it myself, but I would prefer to use a good piece of code (since there are many things to consider, for example, what to do when an item is updated, how long it takes to wait before checking for updates, etc. ., and I would rather reuse someone elses thinking about it).

(I did google django and rss, but all that seems to pop up is feed generation, of course, should there be other sites using Django and consuming RSS?)

Answer 1

Check out http://feedparser.org/docs/ http://code.google.com/p/feedparser/

One of the best Python libraries for parsing RSS and Atom feeds; although it seems like you want to do a little more (caching, automatic updating, etc.).