Feed-Read-Parser

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

This module is forked from feed-read npm module. It aims to fix old bugs in the forked version.

Installation

$ npm install feed-read-parser

Usage

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

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(array, callback)

Fetch several feeds thanks to a given array

var rss = [
  'http://www.eurogamer.net/?format=rss',
  'http://fr.ign.com/feed.xml',
  'http://www.gamekult.com/feeds/actu.html'
]

feed(rss, function(err, articles) {
    if (err) throw err;
    // articles is an array of article with properties described above.
});

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.