remove unneeded connector code

fedireads/connectors/abstract_connector.py

@@ -267,19 +267,13 @@ def update_from_mappings(obj, data, mappings):
         if key == 'id':
             continue
 
-        if has_attr(obj, key):
+        try:
+            hasattr(obj, key)
+        except ValueError:
             obj.__setattr__(key, formatter(value))
     return obj
 
 
-def has_attr(obj, key):
-    ''' helper function to check if a model object has a key '''
-    try:
-        return hasattr(obj, key)
-    except ValueError:
-        return False
-
-
 def get_date(date_string):
     ''' helper function to try to interpret dates '''
     if not date_string:

fedireads/tests/test_connector_fedireads.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from dateutil import parser
 from django.test import TestCase
 import json
 import pathlib
-import pytz
 
 from fedireads import models
 from fedireads.connectors.fedireads_connector import Connector