from wrdl import Wrdl

wrdl = Wrdl("meerkat.wrdl")

# bind a resource type to a URI
r = wrdl.newResource("meerkat", 
         "http://www.oreillynet.com/meerkat/")

# now GET that resource...any representation
rep = r.GET( channel=555,
                timePeriod="7DAY", search="Prescod") 

# alternately, GET a particular representation
# (in this case "meerkat_rss_flavour")
rep = r.GET_meerkat_rss_flavour( channel=555,
                timePeriod="7DAY", search="Prescod") 

text = rep.body() # get resource body
assert text.find("Prescod")>0 # vanity assertion

# get a list of references (XML or HTML hyperlinks)
prinn = rep.data()["channel"].title
webpage = rep.data()["channel"].link.AsWRDL()

# Get the channel link as WRDL
newres = webpage.GET() 

# get the resource body for that link
text = newres.body()
print text
#assert text.find("Prescod")>0 #vanity assertion