gistfile1.py

def fetch_blog(feed):
    pr = feedparser.parse(feed)
    added = 0
    for entry in pr.entries:
        pub_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(mktime(entry.published_parsed))
        hr = html.fromstring(entry.description)
        first_img = hr.cssselect('img')
        obj, created = Item.objects.get_or_create(title=entry.title,
                                                  permalink=entry.link,
                                                  published_at=pub_date,
                                                  defaults={'status': 'P'})
        if created and first_img:
            src = first_img[0].get('src')
            response = requests.get(src)
            file_temp = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True)
            file_temp.write(response.content)
            file_temp.flush()
            print file_temp.name
            obj.thumbnail.save(src, File(file_temp))
            print obj.thumbnail

        if created: 
            added += 1
    return (len(pr.entries), added)