[Tutor] using a for loop with feedparser

[Tonu Mikk]

Tonu Mikk wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to parse a feed and insert some feed elements into a 
> Django project database.   I believe I should be able to use for loop 
> to iterate over the list elements.  I am using the Universal Feed 
> parser (http://www.feedparser.org/).  I am able to extract items one 
> by one and insert them into a database (code below).   As my first try 
> at this, I would like to print the titles of all the feed entries.  I 
> tried this
>
> import feedparser
> d = feedparser.parse('http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/utools')
> for item in d.entries:
>    print item
>
> This prints all the feed entries and their values.  Any thoughts on 
> how I could just print the titles?
I found out the answer after trying some more.  To print the title only, 
I need to do this:

for item in d.entries:
    print item.title
>
>
> Code to save a single feed item into the database:
> #!/usr/local/bin/python
> import feedparser
> import os.path
> import sys, os
> import django.contrib.auth
> sys.path.append ('/home/dmc/projects/django_bookmarks')
> os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE']='settings'
> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
> from bookmarks.models import *
> d = feedparser.parse('http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/utools')
>
> link1 = Link(url=d.entries[0].link)
> link1.save()
> user = User.objects.get(id=1)
> link = Link.objects.get(id=1)
> bookmark = Bookmark (
>    title = d.entries[0].title,
>    desc = d.entries[0].description,
>    link = link,
>    user = user,
> )
> bookmark.save()
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Tonu Mikk
Educational Technology Consultant
Digital Media Center - dmc.umn.edu
tmikk at umn.edu 612 625-9221