Getting Detailed Information on Atom Elements [Universal Feed Parser]
Keywords: RSS, Atom, CDF, XML, feed, parser, Python

# Universal Feed Parser

Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python. 2000 unit tests. Open source.

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## Getting Detailed Information on Atom Elements

Several Atom elements share the Atom content model: `title`, `tagline`, `info`, `copyright`, `summary`, and of course `content`. Universal Feed Parser captures all relevant metadata about these elements, most importantly the content type and the value.

### Example: Detailed Information on Feed Elements

    >>> import feedparser
    >>> d = feedparser.parse('http://feedparser.org/docs/examples/atom.xml')
    >>> d.feed.title_detail
    {'type': u'text/plain',
     'mode': u'escaped',
     'base': u'http://example.org/',
     'language': u'en',
     'value': u'Sample Feed'}
    >>> d.feed.tagline_detail
    {'type': u'text/html',
     'mode': u'escaped',
     'base': u'http://example.org/',
     'language': u'en',
     'value': u'For documentation <em>only</em>'}
    >>> d.feed.info_detail
    {'type': u'application/xhtml+xml',
     'mode': u'xml',
     'base': u'http://example.org/',
     'language': u'en',
     'value': u'<div><p>This is an Atom syndication feed.</p></div>'}
    >>> d.feed.copyright_detail
    {'type': u'text/html',
     'mode': u'escaped',
     'base': u'http://example.org/',
     'language': u'en',
     'value': u'<p>Copyright 2004, Mark Pilgrim</p>'}
    >>> d.entries[0].title_detail
    {'type': 'text/plain',
     'mode': 'escaped',
     'base': u'http://example.org/',
     'language': u'en',
     'value': u'First entry title'}
    >>> d.entries[0].summary_detail
    {'type': u'text/plain',
     'mode': u'escaped',
     'base': u'http://example.org/',
     'language': u'en',
     'value': u'Watch out for nasty tricks'}
    >>> len(d.entries[0].content)
    1
    >>> d.entries[0].content[0]
    {'type': u'application/xhtml+xml',
     'mode': u'xml',
     'base': u'http://example.org/entry/3',
     'language': u'en-US'
     'value': u'<div>Watch out for <span>nasty tricks</span></div>'}

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