daverss v0.6.5

rss

This is where I put my JavaScript code to generate RSS feeds from my apps, running in the browser and in Node.

Example app

I put together a simple test app that includes an example of the data you would send to daverss, as a pair of JavaScript objects, to build a feed.

It comes from my Radio3 linkblog, which is a real feed, still updated daily in January 2020.

Updates

v0.6.0 -- 5/5/22 AM by DW

If there's a markdowntext value for an item, generate a <source:markdown> element in the item in the feed.

v0.5.31 -- 12/29/21 by DW

Change the value of rssCloudDefaults.path to /ping, which according to Andrew Shell is the actual path rpc.rsscloud.io responds to. Andrew runs that server.

v0.5.30 -- 10/11/21 by DW

In package.json we now require dateformat 4.5.1 because they updated the package to not work with older versions of Node.

v0.5.29 -- 4/4/20 by DW

I wanted to get the Cuomo podcast feed to validate through iTunes, so I added the needed features.

1. Support for the <channel> level <image> element.

2. Two elements of the itunes namespace: category and explicit.

v0.5.20 -- 1/14/20 by DW

Added a test app that illustrates how to use the package in a Node app.

v0.5.4 -- 7/4/17 by DW

Bring in support for Facebook Instant Articles feeds.

v0.4.14 -- 6/9/17 by DW

Per Dan MacTough's suggestion, in the JSON version, the length attribute on enclosure should be a number. If it coerces to a number, great, if there's an error, leave out the length property.

v0.4.8 -- 5/29/17 by DW

Change name of rss.getRssEnclosureInfo to rss.getEnclosureInfo.

v0.4.2 -- 5/29/17 by DW

Major code review, bring it up to date with my latest software. Also includes buildJsonFeed which generates a 1-1 equivalent of the RSS feed, but using JSON instead of XML. I plan to support this format in Scripting News.