FirstTrafficAlerts

FirstTrafficAlerts.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import feedparser

# Function to fetch the rss feed and return the parsed RSS
def parseRSS( rss_url ):
    return feedparser.parse( rss_url )

# Function grabs the rss feed headlines (titles) and returns them as a list
def getHeadlines( rss_url ):
    headlines = []

    feed = parseRSS( rss_url )
    for newsitem in feed['items']:
        headlines.append(newsitem['title'])
        headlines.append(newsitem['summary'])

    return headlines

# A list to hold all headlines
allheadlines = []

# List of RSS feeds that we will fetch and combine
newsurls = {
    'TravelNews':       'http://m.highways.gov.uk/datexphase2/dtxEventsApi.aspx?eventtype=1&src=a1|a14|m11|a505',
}

# Iterate over the feed urls
for key,url in newsurls.items():
    # Call getHeadlines() and combine the returned headlines with allheadlines
    allheadlines.extend( getHeadlines( url ) )


# Iterate over the allheadlines list and print each headline
for hl in allheadlines:
    print(hl)