Django RSS feed example

feeds.py

from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
from django.utils.feedgenerator import Rss201rev2Feed

from myproject.myapp.models import Model, Broadcast, \
     BroadcastSocialAccountStatus


OFFICIAL_URL = "http://mainwebsite.com/"
OFFICIAL_LOGO_URL = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/bucketname/logo.png'


class OfficialFeed(Rss201rev2Feed):
    def add_root_elements(self, handler):
        Rss201rev2Feed.add_root_elements(self, handler)
        handler.startElement(u'image', {})
        handler.addQuickElement(u"url", OFFICIAL_LOGO_URL)
        handler.addQuickElement(u"title", u'MyProject')
        handler.addQuickElement(u"link", OFFICIAL_URL)
        handler.endElement(u"image")


class BSAFeed(Feed):

    feed_type = OfficialFeed

    def get_object(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        user_slug = request.META['PATH_INFO'].split('/')[2]
        user = get_object_or_404(Model, slug=user_slug)
        return user

    def link(self, obj):
        return '/user/{}/broadcasts/feed/'.format(obj.slug)

    def title(self, obj):
        return "%s Broadcasts Feed" % obj.name

    def description(self, obj):
        return "Updates on %s social media activity" % obj.name

    def items(self, obj):
        return BroadcastSocialAccount.objects.filter(broadcast__user=obj,
                 status=BroadcastSocialAccountStatus.SENT).order_by('-sent_at')

    def item_title(self, item):
        return "{} posted on {}".format(item.broadcast.user.name,
                                     item.social_account.partner)

    def item_description(self, item):
        return item.broadcast.message

    # item_link is only needed if NewsItem has no get_absolute_url method.
    def item_link(self, item):
        return item.get_broadcast_abs_url()

    def item_pubdate(self, item):
        return item.sent_at