The module downloads and extracts desired data from update feeds.
Here are some key features of "feedparser":
· Date Parsing
· Sanitization
· Content Normalization
· Namespace Handling
· Relative Link Resolution
· Feed Type and Version Detection
· Character Encoding Detection
· Bozo Detection
Supported formats:
· Atom 0.3
· Atom 1.0
· CDF
· RSS 0.9x
· RSS 1.0
· RSS 2.0
· Apple’s iTunes extensions
· Dublin Core
HTTP headers:
· ETag and Last-Modified Headers
· User-Agent and Referer Headers
· HTTP Redirects
· Password-Protected Feeds
· Other HTTP Headers
Requirements:
· Python 2.4 or higher
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Minor changes to the documentation
· Strip potentially dangerous ENTITY declarations in encoded feeds
· feedparser will now try to continue parsing despite compression errors