import yaml import feedparser as fp rawDat = open('rss_univ.txt', 'r') strDat = rawDat.read() rawDat = strDat.split(';\n') index = len(rawDat) - 1 rawDat.pop(index) strDat = yaml.load(rawDat[0]) # this section of the code show how to extract relevant data from the dictionaries print(len(rawDat)) print(strDat['entries'][0]['title']) print(strDat['entries'][0]['links'][0]['href']) print(strDat['entries'][0]['summary'])