entries[i].summary [Universal Feed Parser]
Keywords: RSS, Atom, CDF, XML, feed, parser, Python

# Universal Feed Parser

Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python. 3000 unit tests. Open source.

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## entries[i].summary

A summary of the entry.

If this contains HTML or XHTML, it is sanitized by default.

If this contains HTML or XHTML, certain (X)HTML elements within this value may contain relative URIs. If so, they are resolved according to a set of rules.

Some publishing systems auto-generate this value from the first few words or first paragraph of the entry. Other publishing systems misuse it to include the full content. In the latter cases, Universal Feed Parser ought to detect it and put the value in entries[i].content instead, but it doesn't.

### Comes from

- `/atom10:feed/atom10:entry/atom10:summary`
- `/atom03:feed/atom03:entry/atom03:summary`
- `/rss/channel/item/description`
- `/rss/channel/item/dc:description`
- `/rdf:RDF/rdf:item/rdf:description`
- `/rdf:RDF/rdf:item/dc:description`

### See also

- entries[i].summary_detail

Some feeds include both a `summary` and `description` element for each entry. In this case, the first element will be available in `entry['summary']` and the second will be available in `entry['content'][0]`.

← entries[i].links
entries[i].summary_detail →