import sys,os sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) or '.', '../')) import genericScrapers #RSS feed not detailed #http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/abc/ class ScraperImplementation(genericScrapers.GenericRSSDisclogScraper): def getColumns(self,columns): (id, date, title, description, notes) = columns return (id, date, title, description, notes) if __name__ == '__main__': print 'Subclass:', issubclass(ScraperImplementation, genericScrapers.GenericRSSDisclogScraper) print 'Instance:', isinstance(ScraperImplementation(), genericScrapers.GenericRSSDisclogScraper) ScraperImplementation().doScrape() http://www.righttoknow.org.au/feed/search/%20(latest_status:successful%20OR%20latest_status:partially_successful)