hi,

I am having trouble modifying the twisted-based rss aggregator from the python cookbook so that feedparser can make use of the update related arguments of 'etag' and 'modified' and save bandwith.

(see http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/277099)

I realise that the problem is deferred related, but I can't seem to resolve the problem, even after reading the deferred documentation.

Anyway, the series of deferred functions that I think are relevant are:

1) def getPage(self, data, args): #args is the rss feed link return client.getPage(args,timeout=TIMEOUT)

2) def parseFeed(self, feed): parsed = feedparser.parse(cStringIO.StringIO(feed))

The problem is that getPage() requests the entire rss feed, and then passes the stream through to feedparser.parse. Normally however, feedparser.parse() takes furthers arguments of 'etag' and 'modified' so that only new feed information is returned, thereby saving bandwidth.

I tried modifying getPage() to return feedparser.parse(args), but it runs substantially slower than the original method, I presume in a synchronous manner.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

cheers, Selwyn