"AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'parse'" error when using feedparser and Google Apps Engine

[James via StackOverflow]

Hi everyone. I'm trying to create an RSS reader with Google Apps Engine, Python and feedparser. As a first step I've tried to print the title of one article to the page.

Regardless of whether I run the program on localhost or appspot.com I get the following error:

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

My directory has the following files in it:

- feedparser.pyc
- templates
- - news.html
- main.pyc
- favicon.ico
- feedparser.py
- main.py
- app.yaml
- index.yaml

Here's my main.py code:

import os
import webapp2
import jinja2
import feedparser

template_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates')
jinja_env = jinja2.Environment(loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(template_dir),
                           autoescape = True)

def render_str(template, **params):
    t = jinja_env.get_template(template)
    return t.render(params)

class BaseHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def render(self, template, **kw):
        self.response.out.write(render_str(template, **kw))

    def write(self, *a, **kw):
        self.response.out.write(*a, **kw)

class MainPage(BaseHandler):
    def get(self):
        post = feedparser.parse('http://www.theguardian.com/au/rss').entries[0].title
        self.render('news.html', posts = post)

app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([
    ('/', MainPage),
], debug=True)

I've searched on stackoverflow and elsewhere for solutions and have already tried the following with no luck:

• Deleting the .pyc files (they just reappear again)
• Printing feedparser.__file__ (it points to feedparser.pyc in the right folder)

Not sure all of this is relevant but I'm using:

• Python 2.7
• Google App Engine Release release 1.9.19
• Windows 7
• Google Chrome

Thanks in advance for your time!

p.s. this is my first time posting to stackoverflow so any tips on etiquette are also welcome.

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[James via StackOverflow]

Hi everyone. I'm trying to create an RSS reader with Google Apps Engine, Python and feedparser. As a first step I've tried to print the title of one article to the page.

Regardless of whether I run the program on localhost or appspot.com I get the following error:

Internal Server Error

The server has either erred or is incapable of performing the requested operation.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/third_party/webapp2-2.5.2/webapp2.py", line 1535, in __call__
rv = self.handle_exception(request, response, e)
  File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/third_party/webapp2-2.5.2/webapp2.py", line 1529, in __call__
rv = self.router.dispatch(request, response)
  File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/third_party/webapp2-2.5.2/webapp2.py", line 1278, in default_dispatcher
return route.handler_adapter(request, response)
  File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/third_party/webapp2-2.5.2/webapp2.py", line 1102, in __call__
return handler.dispatch()
 File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/third_party/webapp2-2.5.2/webapp2.py", line 572, in dispatch
return self.handle_exception(e, self.app.debug)
  File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/third_party/webapp2-2.5.2/webapp2.py", line 570, in dispatch
return method(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/base/data/home/apps/s~mynews-xxxxx/1.383897364028032608/main.py", line 41, in get
posts = feedparser.parse('http://www.theguardian.com/au/rss').entries[0].title

• I've also tried using feedparser in the Python GUI and it works fine there