Andreas Richter

def parse_file(feeddata):
 
	rss_snippets = ""
	pubDates = []
	titles = []
	links = []
	words = []
 
	xmlstring = StringIO.StringIO(feeddata)
	# print str(xmlstring)
	xmldoc = minidom.parse(xmlstring)
	Itemlist = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('item')
 
	for Item in Itemlist:
		for node2 in Item.getElementsByTagName("pubDate"):
			pubDate = cgi.escape(node2.firstChild.data)[:16]
			pubDates.append(pubDate)
		for node2 in Item.getElementsByTagName("title"):
			title = cgi.escape(node2.firstChild.data)
			titles.append(title)
		for node2 in Item.getElementsByTagName("link"):
			link = cgi.escape(node2.firstChild.data)
			links.append(link)
		for node2 in Item.getElementsByTagName("description"):
			description = cgi.escape(node2.firstChild.data)
			words.append(description)
 
	rss_snippets += "
<dl>\n"
	for i in range(RESULTS_FULL):
		rss_snippets += "
<dt><a href="&quot; + links[i] + &quot;">" + titles[i] + "</a> (" + pubDates[i] + ")</dt>
 
\n"
		rss_snippets += "
<dd>
 
" + words[i] + "
</dd>
 
\n"
 
	for i in range(RESULTS_FULL, RESULTS_TOTAL):
		rss_snippets += "
<dt><a href="&quot; + links[i] + &quot;">" + titles[i] + "</a> (" + pubDates[i] + ")</dt>
 
\n"
	rss_snippets += "</dl>
 
\n"
 
	return rss_snippets