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+from datetime import date
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.template import Library
+import feedparser
+
+
+register = Library()
+
+
+@register.inclusion_tag('latest_blog_posts.html')
+def latest_blog_posts(feed_url=None, posts_to_show=5):
+ if feed_url is None:
+ feed_url = settings.LATEST_BLOG_POSTS
+ posts = []
+ try:
+ feed = feedparser.parse(str(feed_url))
+ for i in range(posts_to_show):
+ pub_date = feed['entries'][i].published_parsed
+ published = date(pub_date[0], pub_date[1], pub_date[2])
+ posts.append({
+ 'title': feed['entries'][i].title,
+ 'summary': feed['entries'][i].summary,
+ 'link': feed['entries'][i].link,
+ 'date': published,
+ })
+ except:
+ pass
+ return {
+ 'posts': posts
+ }