lantrix / rss-parser

A simple RSS to JavaScript parser, for Node and the browser

rss-parser

Installation

NodeJS

npm install --save rss-parser

Web

bower install --save rss-parser

Usage

rss-parser exposes parseURL(), parseString(), and parseFile() functions.

Check out the output format in test/output/reddit.json

NodeJS

var parser = require('rss-parser');

parser.parseURL('https://www.reddit.com/.rss', function(err, parsed) {
  console.log(parsed.feed.title);
  parsed.feed.entries.forEach(function(entry) {
    console.log(entry.title + ':' + entry.link);
  })
})

Web

<script src="/bower_components/rss-parser/dist/rss-parser.js"></script>
<script>
RSSParser.parseURL('https://www.reddit.com/.rss', function(err, parsed) {
  console.log(parsed.feed.title);
  parsed.feed.entries.forEach(function(entry) {
    console.log(entry.title + ':' + entry.link);
  })
})
</script>

Running Tests

The tests run the RSS parser for several sample RSS feeds in test/input and outputs the resulting JSON into test/output. If there are any changes to the output files the tests will fail.

To check if your changes affect the output of any test cases, run

npm test

To update the output files with your changes, run

WRITE_GOLDEN=true npm test