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<h1>feedgen.util<a class="headerlink" href="#feedgen-util" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This file contains helper functions for the feed generator module.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">copyright:</th><td class="field-body">2013, Lars Kiesow <<a class="reference external" href="mailto:lkiesow%40uos.de">lkiesow<span>@</span>uos<span>.</span>de</a>></td>
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<code class="descclassname">feedgen.util.</code><code class="descname">ensure_format</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>val</em>, <em>allowed</em>, <em>required</em>, <em>allowed_values=None</em>, <em>defaults=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#feedgen.util.ensure_format" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Takes a dictionary or a list of dictionaries and check if all keys are in
the set of allowed keys, if all required keys are present and if the values
of a specific key are ok.</p>
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<li><strong>val</strong> – Dictionaries to check.</li>
<li><strong>allowed</strong> – Set of allowed keys.</li>
<li><strong>required</strong> – Set of required keys.</li>
<li><strong>allowed_values</strong> – Dictionary with keys and sets of their allowed
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<li><strong>defaults</strong> – Dictionary with default values.</li>
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<dt id="feedgen.util.formatRFC2822">
<code class="descclassname">feedgen.util.</code><code class="descname">formatRFC2822</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>date</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#feedgen.util.formatRFC2822" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Make sure the locale setting do not interfere with the time format.</p>
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