siegfried 0.0.4

Tools for taming links.

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siegfried
=========

*Tools for taming lynx.*

Install
-------

::

pip install siegfried

Test
----

requires ``nose``

::

nosetests

Usage
-----

This module contains various methods that are used throughout
``newslnyx``. but the main functions are ``unshorten_url``,
``is_article_url``, and ``prepare_url``:

.. code:: python

from siegfried import (
unshorten_url, is_article_url, prepare_url
)

print unshorten_url('bit.ly/1j3SrUC')
# http://towcenter.org/blog/tow-fellows-brian-abelson-and-michael-keller-to-study-the-impact-of-journalism/

print is_article_url(
'http://towcenter.org/blog/tow-fellows-brian-abelson-and-michael-keller-to-study-the-impact-of-journalism'
)
# True

print is_article_url(
'http://towcenter.org/blog/tow-fellows-brian-abelson-and-michael-keller-to-study-the-impact-of-journalism',
pattern = r'.*towcenter\.org/blog/.*'
)
# True

import re
pattern = re.compile(r'.*towcenter\.org/blog/.*')
print is_article_url(
'http://towcenter.org/blog/tow-fellows-brian-abelson-and-michael-keller-to-study-the-impact-of-journalism',
pattern = pattern
)
# True

print prepare_url(
'http://towcenter.org/blog/tow-fellows-brian-abelson-and-michael-keller-to-study-the-impact-of-journalism/?q=lfjad&f=lkfdjsal'
)
# http://towcenter.org/blog/tow-fellows-brian-abelson-and-michael-keller-to-study-the-impact-of-journalism