def serialize_article_to_values(article):
    """Serialize an article to a list of values.

    Args:
        article: The article to be serialized.
    Returns:
        list of primitives that can be used with a DB API v2 compliant connection.
    """
    author = article.get_author()
    author_str = author if author else ''

    publish_date = article.get_publish_date()
    publish_date_str = publish_date.isoformat() if publish_date else ''

    crawl_date_str = article.get_crawl_date().isoformat()

    return [
        article.get_source(),
        article.get_source_feed(),
        article.get_title(),
        article.get_description(),
        publish_date_str,
        crawl_date_str,
        article.get_link(),
        author_str
    ]