canonicalwebteam.get-feeds
Functions and template tags for retrieving content from JSON or RSS feeds.
Installation
pip install canonicalwebteam.get-feedsUsage
Feeds can be loaded either using Python functions or in Django templates:
Functions
Two functions are provided, which you can use in your views:
from canonicalwebteam.get_feeds import (
get_json_feed_content,
get_rss_feed_content
)
items_dict = get_json_feed_content(
url="https://example.com/api/items",
offset=20, # optional
limit=10 # optional
)
posts_dict = get_json_feed_content(
url="https://example.com/feed.rss",
offset=20, # optional
limit=10, # optional
exclude_items_in={} # optional
)Template tags
Or you can include Django templatetags:
# settings.py
TEMPLATES['OPTIONS']['builtins'].append(
'canonicalwebteam.get_feeds.templatetags'
)And then get the feed content in templates:
<h1>Items:</h1>
{% get_json_feed "https://example.com/api/items" limit=10 as items %}
{% if items is False %}
<p>Feed failed to load</p>
{% else %}
<ul>{% for item in items %}<li>{{ item.name }}{% endfor %}</ul>
{% endif %}
<h1>Posts:</h1>
{% get_rss_feed "https://example.com/feed.rss" limit=10 as posts %}
{% if items is False %}
<p>Feed failed to load</p>
{% else %}
<ul>{% for post in posts %}<li>{{ post.title }}{% endfor %}</ul>
{% endif %}
