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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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<tt class="descclassname">feedgen.util.</tt><tt class="descname">ensure_format</tt><big>(</big><em>val</em>, <em>allowed</em>, <em>required</em>, <em>allowed_values={}</em><big>)</big><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 values.</li>
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