--- a/FeedUpdater.py	Tue Apr 27 03:42:08 2010 +0200
+++ b/FeedUpdater.py	Tue Apr 27 10:22:35 2010 +0200
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from FeedEntry import FeedEntry
 import feedparser
 
+STATUS_OK = 200
+
 def updateAllFeeds(session):
     allFeeds = session.query(Feed)
     for feed in allFeeds:
@@ -16,10 +18,16 @@
         self.feed = feed
         
     def update(self):
-        result = feedparser.parse(self.feed.rss_url)
+        result = self.getFeed()
         for entry in result.entries:
             self.processEntry(entry)
 
+    def getFeed(self):
+        result = feedparser.parse(self.feed.rss_url)
+        if result["status"] is not STATUS_OK:
+            raise FeedUpdateException()
+        return result
+
     def processEntry(self, entry):
         feedEntry = FeedEntry.findById(entry.id, self.session)
         if feedEntry is None:
@@ -34,3 +42,6 @@
         new.summary = entry.summary
         new.feed = self.feed
         self.session.add(new)
+
+class FeedUpdateException(Exception):
+    pass
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/FeedUpdaterTests.py	Tue Apr 27 10:22:35 2010 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+import unittest
+from Feed import Feed
+from FeedUpdater import FeedUpdater
+from FeedUpdater import FeedUpdateException
+
+class FeedUpdaterTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testFeedContainsInvalidUrl(self):
+        feed = Feed("invalid", "http://thisurldoesnotexist.xxx")
+        try:
+            FeedUpdater(None, feed).update()
+            self.fail("updating an invalid URL must fail")
+        except FeedUpdateException:
+            # this one was expected
+            pass
+        
+    def testFeedContainsValidUrl(self):
+        feed = Feed("valid", "http://www.joelonsoftware.com/rss.xml")
+        result = FeedUpdater(None, feed).getFeed()
+        self.assertEqual("Joel on Software", result["feed"].title)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    #import sys;sys.argv = ['', 'Test.testName']
+    unittest.main()
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