A simple script extract metadata from a Pyvideo category feed url, and print to stdout.

pyvideo_feedparser

# coding: utf-8
from __future__ import print_function
import feedparser
import sys, codecs

if not sys.stdout.isatty():
    sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf8')(sys.stdout)

if __name__ == '__main__':

    PYVIDEO_FEED_URL = sys.argv[1]
    d = feedparser.parse(PYVIDEO_FEED_URL)

    for entry in d.entries:
        print('## Title: %s ##' % entry.title)

        if hasattr(entry, 'author'):
            print ('*Author: %s*' % entry.author)

        print ('[Youtube Link](%s) ' % entry.links[1].href)

        summary = entry.summary.split('\n')

        for (index,line) in enumerate(summary):
            if line == "<p>Abstract</p>":
                continue
            if  len(summary) > 100 and line.startswith('<p>Description</p>'):
                # some summaries are too long, truncate them
                break
            print(line, end=',')