Added Image to RSS feed using Yahoo thumbnail standard

mhackspace/base/feeds.py

@@ -1,7 +1,35 @@
 from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
-from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.feedgenerator import Rss201rev2Feed
+
 from mhackspace.feeds.models import Article
 
+
+class MediaRssFeed(Rss201rev2Feed):
+    """
+    Implement thumbnails which adhere to Yahoo Media RSS (mrss) feed.
+  
+    @see http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/1648/
+    """
+    def rss_attributes(self):
+        attrs = super(MediaRssFeed, self).rss_attributes()
+        attrs['xmlns:dc'] = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+        attrs['xmlns:media'] = 'http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/'
+        return attrs
+
+    def add_item_elements(self, handler, item):
+        super(MediaRssFeed, self).add_item_elements(handler, item)
+
+        thumbnail = {'url': item['thumbnail_url']}
+
+        if 'thumbnail_width' in item:
+            thumbnail['width'] = str(item['thumbnail_width'])
+
+        if 'thumbnail_height' in item:
+            thumbnail['height'] = str(item['thumbnail_height'])
+
+        handler.addQuickElement(u"media:thumbnail", '', thumbnail)
+
+
 class LatestEntriesFeed(Feed):
     title = "Maidstone hackspace site news"
     link = "/latest/"

mhackspace/blog/feeds.py

@@ -1,38 +1,47 @@
 from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from mhackspace.base.feeds import MediaRssFeed
 from mhackspace.blog.models import Category, Post
 
 
 class BlogFeed(Feed):
     title = "Maidstone Hackspace Blog"
     link = "/blog/"
+    feed_type = MediaRssFeed
     description = "The latest blog posts and news from the Maidstone Hackspace site"
 
     def items(self, category):
         return Post.objects.select_related('author').filter(active=True, members_only=False, published_date__lte=timezone.now())[:20]
 
-    def item_title(self, item):
+    def item_title(self, post):
-        return item.title
+        return post.title
 
-    def item_description(self, item):
+    def item_description(self, post):
-        return item.description
+        return post.description
 
-    def item_author_name(self, item):
+    def item_author_name(self, post):
-        return item.author.name
+        return post.author.name
 
-    def item_author_email(self, item):
+    def item_author_email(self, post):
-        if item.author.public:
+        if post.author.public:
-            return item.author.email
+            return post.author.email
 
-    def item_categories(self, item):
+    def item_categories(self, post):
-        return item.categories.all()
+        return post.categories.all()
 
-    def item_pubdate(self, item):
+    def item_pubdate(self, post):
-        return item.published_date
+        return post.published_date
 
-    def item_updateddate(self, item):
+    def item_updateddate(self, post):
-        return item.updated_date
+        return post.updated_date
+
+    def item_extra_kwargs(self, post):
+        return {
+            'thumbnail_url': post.image.full.url,
+            'thumbnail_width': post.image.full.width,
+            'thumbnail_height': post.image.full.height,
+        }
 
 
 class BlogCategoryFeed(BlogFeed):

mhackspace/contact/views.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
 from django.contrib import messages
 from mhackspace.contact.forms import ContactForm
 
-# add to your views
+
 def contact(request):
     form_class = ContactForm
     if request.method == 'POST':
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ def contact(request):
     else:
         form = form_class()
 
-
     return render(request, 'pages/contact.html', {
         'form': form,
     })
-