import axios from 'axios';
import { parseStringPromise } from 'xml2js';
import type { FeedItem } from './types';
/**
* Interface for the parsed feed result
*/
export interface ParsedFeed {
title: string;
description?: string;
link?: string;
items: FeedItem[];
}
/**
* Parse an RSS feed and convert it to the standard format
*/
export async function parseRssFeed(feedUrl: string): Promise<ParsedFeed> {
try {
// Fetch the RSS feed
const response = await axios.get(feedUrl, {
headers: {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; RSSManager/1.0)'
}
});
// Parse the XML
const result = await parseStringPromise(response.data, {
explicitArray: false,
mergeAttrs: true
});
// Handle different RSS formats
let channel;
let items = [];
let feedTitle = '';
let feedDescription = '';
let feedLink = '';
// Regular RSS
if (result.rss?.channel) {
channel = result.rss.channel;
items = Array.isArray(channel.item) ? channel.item : channel.item ? [channel.item] : [];
feedTitle = channel.title || '';
feedDescription = channel.description || '';
feedLink = channel.link || '';
}
// Atom
else if (result.feed) {
channel = result.feed;
items = Array.isArray(channel.entry) ? channel.entry : channel.entry ? [channel.entry] : [];
feedTitle = channel.title || '';
feedDescription = channel.subtitle || '';
feedLink = channel.link?.href || channel.link || '';
}
// RDF
else if (result.rdf?.channel) {
channel = result.rdf.channel;
items = Array.isArray(result.rdf.item) ? result.rdf.item : result.rdf.item ? [result.rdf.item] : [];
feedTitle = channel.title || '';
feedDescription = channel.description || '';
feedLink = channel.link || '';
}
// Other formats
else if (result['rdf:RDF']) {
const rdf = result['rdf:RDF'];
channel = rdf.channel || rdf['channel:channel'] || {};
items = Array.isArray(rdf.item) ? rdf.item : rdf.item ? [rdf.item] : [];
feedTitle = channel.title || '';
feedDescription = channel.description || '';
feedLink = channel.link || '';
}
if (!channel || items.length === 0) {
console.error('Unsupported RSS format or no items found:', Object.keys(result));
return { title: 'Unknown Feed', items: [] };
}
// Convert items to standard format
const standardItems = items.map((item: any) => {
// Get the title
const title = item.title || '';
// Get the published date
let published = 0;
if (item.pubDate) {
published = Math.floor(new Date(item.pubDate).getTime() / 1000);
} else if (item.published) {
published = Math.floor(new Date(item.published).getTime() / 1000);
} else if (item.updated) {
published = Math.floor(new Date(item.updated).getTime() / 1000);
} else if (item['dc:date']) {
published = Math.floor(new Date(item['dc:date']).getTime() / 1000);
} else {
published = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
}
// Get the updated date (default to published date)
let updated = published;
if (item.updated) {
updated = Math.floor(new Date(item.updated).getTime() / 1000);
}
// Get the summary/content
let summary = '';
if (item.description) {
summary = item.description;
} else if (item.summary) {
summary = item.summary;
} else if (item.content) {
summary = item.content;
} else if (item['content:encoded']) {
summary = item['content:encoded'];
}
// Get the author
let author = '';
if (item.author) {
if (typeof item.author === 'string') {
author = item.author;
} else if (item.author.name) {
author = item.author.name;
}
} else if (item['dc:creator']) {
author = item['dc:creator'];
}
// Get the link
let link = '';
if (item.link) {
if (typeof item.link === 'string') {
link = item.link;
} else if (item.link.href) {
link = item.link.href;
}
}
// Get the categories
let categories: string[] = [];
if (item.category) {
if (typeof item.category === 'string') {
categories = [item.category];
} else if (Array.isArray(item.category)) {
categories = item.category.map((cat: any) =>
typeof cat === 'string' ? cat : cat._ || ''
).filter(Boolean);
}
}
return {
id: item.guid || item.id || `${feedUrl}/${title}`,
title,
published,
updated,
summary: {
direction: 'ltr',
content: summary
},
author,
categories,
origin: {
streamId: `feed/${Buffer.from(feedUrl).toString('base64').substring(0, 20)}`,
title: feedTitle,
htmlUrl: feedLink
},
alternate: [{
href: link,
type: 'text/html'
}]
};
});
return {
title: feedTitle,
description: feedDescription,
link: feedLink,
items: standardItems
};
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error parsing RSS feed:', error);
return { title: 'Error', items: [] };
}
}
