CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

scrapy itemloader example

def parse_news(self, response):
        self.logger.info('parse_news: %s' % response)
        loader = ItemLoader(item=News(), response=response)        
        json_response = json.loads(response.body)

        try:
            url = json_response['NewsML']['NewsItem']['NewsComponent']['NewsComponent']['NewsComponent']['NewsLines']['MoreLink']
        except KeyError:
            return loader.load_item()
        loader.add_value('url', url)

        try:
            title = json_response['NewsML']['NewsItem']['NewsComponent']['NewsComponent']['NewsComponent']['NewsLines']['HeadLine']
        except KeyError:
            return loader.load_item()
        if not title:
            return loader.load_item()
        loader.add_value('title', title)

        try: 
            raw_content = json_response['NewsML']['NewsItem']['NewsComponent']['NewsComponent']['NewsComponent']['ContentItem']['DataContent']['nitf']['body']['body.content']['p']
        except KeyError:
            return loader.load_item()
        if not raw_content:
            return loader.load_item()
        loader.add_value('raw_content', raw_content)

        try:
            author_name = json_response['NewsML']['NewsItem']['NewsComponent']['NewsComponent']['Author']
        except KeyError:
            return loader.load_item()
        if not author_name:
            loader.add_value('author_name', '')
        else:
            loader.add_value('author_name', author_name)

        try:
            date_time_str = json_response['NewsML']['NewsItem']['NewsManagement']['FirstCreated']
        except KeyError:
            return loader.load_item()
        if not date_time_str:
            return loader.load_item()

        date_time_str = date_time_str.split('T')
        date_time_str[1] = '0' * (6 - len(date_time_str[1])) + date_time_str[1]
        try:
            published_at_wib = datetime.strptime(' '.join(date_time_str), '%Y%m%d %H%M%S');
        except Exception:
            return loader.load_item()
        published_at = wib_to_utc(published_at_wib)
        loader.add_value('published_at', published_at)

        return loader.load_item()