How to Read RSS Feed in Python

09/11/2021

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In this article, you will learn how to read RSS feed in Python.

Read RSS Feed in Python

Reading RSS feeds in Python can be done using the built-in feedparser library. Here are the steps you can follow:

Install feedparser library by running the following command in your terminal:
pip install feedparser
Import the feedparser library in your Python script:
import feedparser
Use the feedparser.parse() function to parse the RSS feed:

This function returns a dictionary with the parsed feed data.

rss_url = "https://example.com/feed"
feed = feedparser.parse(rss_url)

Replace “https://example.com/feed” with the URL of the RSS feed you want to read.

Access the feed data:

Now, you can access the feed data using the dictionary keys. For example, to print the title and description of each feed item, you can use a for loop like this:

for item in feed["items"]:
    print(item["title"])
    print(item["description"])
    print("\n")

The feed[“items”] key contains a list of all feed items.

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