node package manager

feed-read

Feed-Read

Node.js module for parsing RSS and ATOM feeds into a common article object.

Installation

$ npm install feed-read

Usage

var feed = require("feed-read");

feed(url, callback)

Fetch a feed.

feed("http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2", function(err, articles) {
  if (err) throw err;
  // Each article has the following properties:
  // 
  //   * "title"     - The article title (String).
  //   * "author"    - The author's name (String).
  //   * "link"      - The original article link (String).
  //   * "content"   - The HTML content of the article (String).
  //   * "published" - The date that the article was published (Date).
  //   * "feed"      - {name, source, link}
  // 
});

feed.rss(rss_string, callback)

Parse a string of XML as RSS.

The callback receives (err, articles).

feed.atom(atom_string, callback)

Parse a string of XML as ATOM.

The callback receives (err, articles).

feed.identify(xml_string) // => "atom", "rss", or false

Identify what type of feed the XML represents.

Returns false when it is neither RSS or ATOM.

License

See LICENSE.

We ♥ your boss

Selectively mirror the npm registry inside your firewall. Filter packages based on security, licensing, code quality and more. Build awesome stuff faster. Try npm Enterprise for free…

how? learn more

Collaborators list

Stats

Try it out

Keywords

atom, rss, feed, parser

Dependencies (3)

request, sax, underscore

Dependents (19)

rssnow, scrollfeeder, morsenews, rss-tweet-bot, nestor, bot-marvin, devcomic, node-nyaa-api, feed-poll, git-wiki, trumpline, adviser-bot, riv-us, show-time, crawler-3t, and more