Parse RSS with jQuery

Question

I want to use jQuery to parse RSS feeds. Can this be done with the base jQuery library out of the box or will I need to use a plugin?

Answer 1

jQuery Feeds is a nice option, it has a built-in templating system and uses the Google Feed API, so it has cross-domain support.

Answer 2

Using JFeed

function getFeed(sender, uri) {
    jQuery.getFeed({
        url: 'proxy.php?url=' + uri,
        success: function(feed) {
            jQuery(sender).append('<h2>'
            + '<a href="'
            + feed.link
            + '">'
            + feed.title
            + '</a>'
            + '</h2>');

            var html = '';

            for(var i = 0; i < feed.items.length && i < 5; i++) {

                var item = feed.items[i];

                html += '<h3>'
                + '<a href="'
                + item.link
                + '">'
                + item.title
                + '</a>'
                + '</h3>';

                html += '<div class="updated">'
                + item.updated
                + '</div>';

                html += '<div>'
                + item.description
                + '</div>';
            }

            jQuery(sender).append(html);
        }    
    });
}

<div id="getanewbrowser">
  <script type="text/javascript">
    getFeed($("#getanewbrowser"), 'http://feeds.feedburner.com/getanewbrowser')
  </script>
</div>

Answer 3

I advice you to use FeedEk. After Google Feed API is officially deprecated most of plugins doesn't work. But FeedEk is still working. It's very easy to use and has many options to customize.

$('#divRss').FeedEk({
   FeedUrl:'http://jquery-plugins.net/rss'
});

With options

$('#divRss').FeedEk({
  FeedUrl:'http://jquery-plugins.net/rss',
  MaxCount : 5,
  ShowDesc : true,
  ShowPubDate:true,
  DescCharacterLimit:100,
  TitleLinkTarget:'_blank',
  DateFormat: 'MM/DD/YYYY',
  DateFormatLang:'en'
});

Answer 4

WARNING

The Google Feed API is officially deprecated and doesn't work anymore!

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No need for a whole plugin. This will return your RSS as a JSON object to a callback function:

function parseRSS(url, callback) {
  $.ajax({
    url: document.location.protocol + '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/feed/load?v=1.0&num=10&callback=?&q=' + encodeURIComponent(url),
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function(data) {
      callback(data.responseData.feed);
    }
  });
}

Answer 5

Use Google AJAX Feed API unless your RSS data is private. It's fast, of course.

https://developers.google.com/feed/

Answer 6

(function(url, callback) {
    jQuery.ajax({
        url: document.location.protocol + '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/feed/load?v=1.0&num=10&callback=?&q=' + encodeURIComponent(url),
        dataType: 'json',
        success: function(data) {
            callback(data.responseData.feed);
        }
    });
})('http://news.hitb.org/rss.xml', function(feed){ // Change to desired URL
    var entries = feed.entries, feedList = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
        feedList +='<li><a href="' + entries[i].link + '">' + entries[i].title + '</a></li>';
    }
    jQuery('.feed > ul').append(feedList);
});


<div class="feed">
        <h4>Hacker News</h4>
        <ul></ul>
</div>