rssparser is a RSS/ATOM feed parser that returns the requested feed urls in a simple json object
Like all node.js modules, just use npm!
npm install rssparser
Using rss parser is easy, just call:
var parser = require('rssparser');
var options = {};
//rss feeds
parser.parseURL('http://laymansite.com/feed', options, function(err, out){
console.log(out);
});
The point of rssparser is to try and hide the format of the originally requested feed. Thus RSS and ATOM feeds are returned in a common format. Similar fields (pubDate vs update) will be mapped to the same field in the output.
The 'minimal' output format is:
{
type:"rss" or "atom"
title: Title of the feed
description: description or subtitle
url: url of the feed
last_modified: pubDate or update time of the feed
items:[
{
title: Title of article
summary : Summary or content of article
url : Url of the article
categories : Categories of the article
published_at: published date in relative
time_ago: time in words
author: name of the author
guid
{
link : link of the article
isPermaLink : isPermaLink true or false
}
}...
]
Tests for rssparser can be run using the command:
npm test
Make sure that you machine has an internet connection before running the tests.