rahulc93 planetfeedparser 20130718-055654

Source Code

The code for the above problem can be found here

Solution

The solution to the problem is shown below.

#!/usr/bin/env python

import feedparser

feed = feedparser.parse("http://planet.fedoraproject.org/rss20.xml")  # parsing the feed from the recquired URL
for x in range(len(feed.entries)):  # iterating throgh the items in the entries list
    author, title = feed.entries[x].title.split(":", 1)  # extracting the names of authors and titles from the list
        print "\nAuthor: ", author, "\nTitle: ", title  # printing the information obtained

Run the program

To run this script, save the file as planetfeedparser.py, and follow the steps.

1. Change the file's permissions and make it executable:

   $ chmod +x planetfeedparser.py
   

2. Execute the file:

   $ ./planetfeedparser.py
   

Alternatively, you can try:

$ python planetfeedparser.py