Import feed manually

gistfile1.py

from medley.feed_importer.tasks import FeedImportTask
from medley.feed_importer.models import ImportedFeed

t = FeedImportTask()

# if you have a specific feed pk
f = ImportedFeed.objects.get(pk=1111)
t.taskfunc(f.feed_url, f.pk)

# Looping over some feeds belonging to a specific category:

for f in ImportedFeed.objects.filter(categories__name="Entertainment")[:10]:
    t.taskfunc(f.feed_url, f.pk)
    print 'Imported items for {0}'.format(f.title)
    
# Manually inspecting what's happening with each entry
import feedparser
from medley.feed_importer.processors import EntryProcessor
xml = t.read_feed(f.feed_url)
parsedfeed = feedparser.parse(xml)
parsedentries = parsedfeed.entries
proc = EntryProcessor(feed=f)
entry = proc.process_entry(parsedentries[0])