Implement RSS spec stuff

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index 824d370..77ea775 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
+import time
+from typing import TypeAlias, Union
 from app.Item import Item
 from dataclasses import asdict
 
+from app.PluginInterface import Params
 
-def get_param(key: str, params: dict[str, str]) -> str:
+ItemDictValue: TypeAlias = Union[str, dict[str, "ItemDictValue"], list["ItemDictValue"]]
+ItemDict: TypeAlias = dict[str, ItemDictValue]
+
+
+def get_param(key: str, params: Params) -> str:
     if key not in params:
         raise Exception(f"no {key} field in config entry: " + str(params))
 
     return params[key]
 
 
-def item_to_dict(item: Item) -> dict[str, str]:
+def item_to_dict(item: Item) -> ItemDict:
     return asdict(item)
 
 
-def dict_to_item(d: dict[str, str]) -> Item:
-    return Item(**d)
+def dict_to_item(d: ItemDict) -> Item:
+    pub_date, rest = (lambda pub_date, **rest: (pub_date, rest))(**d)  # type: ignore
+    return Item(pub_date=time.struct_time(pub_date), **rest)  # type: ignore