crunk-columns/parse_rss_feeds.py

from feedparser import parse
import random


def _parse_single_rss_feed(url, entries):
    feed = parse(url)
    entrylength = len(entries)
    for entrynumber, entry in enumerate(feed.entries):
        if entry.has_key("title"):
            entries[entry.title] = []
            entrylist = entries[entry.title]
        else:
            title = str(entrynumber + entrylength)
            entries[title] = []
            entrylist = entries[title]
        entrylist.append(entry.description)

    return entries


def parse_rss_feeds(urls):
    entries = {}
    for url in urls:
        entries = _parse_single_rss_feed(url, entries)
    return entries