RSS Reader

Possible solution to the exercise proposed in the Aberdeen Python dojo of 26th November 2014.

Goal

Create a RSS feed parser/reader.

Get it further!

• Improve error checking when retrieving url and when parsing the XML.
• Parse elements properly. For example the 'image' elements in http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/accapps/rss/EventRSS.aspx
• Detect the RSS version and parse the XML accordingly.
• Store RSS feed urls and their parsed items in a DB.
• Retrieve the feeds periodically.
• Show the result in a HTML page.
• Parse the XML faster with lxml or a SAX parser.
• Create a Rest JSON API.