#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import pickle
import feedparser
import xmlrpclib

...

rt = xmlrpclib.Server(rtorrent_params['xmlrpc_uri'])

def load_torrent(url):
  global rt
  global feed_params
  if rt.load(url) > 0:
    return False
  elif rt.view_sort('incomplete') == 0:
    downloads = rt.download_list('incomplete')
    hash = downloads[0]
    print hash