Handles broken RSS feeds that may not include an <rss> declaration.

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 node-feedparser is released under the MIT License
 Copyright (c) 2011-2018 Dan MacTough and contributors
+Copyright (c) 2022 Newstex LLC
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation

README.md

@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 #  Feedparser - Robust RSS, Atom, and RDF feed parsing in Node.js
 
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+**NOTE**: This is a fork of the node-feedparser library which supports invalid RSS feeds (missing opening tags, closing tags, etc).
+It takes an approch of "try to make sense of whatever input you get", rather than requiring strict RSS standards.
 
 Feedparser is for parsing RSS, Atom, and RDF feeds in node.js.
 
@@ -15,6 +10,7 @@ It has a couple features you don't usually see in other feed parsers:
 1. It resolves relative URLs (such as those seen in Tim Bray's "ongoing" [feed](https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/ongoing.atom)).
 2. It properly handles XML namespaces (including those in unusual feeds
 that define a non-default namespace for the main feed elements).
+3. It resolves issues with missing `<rss>` and `<channel>` envelops
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -185,12 +181,11 @@ e.g., `meta['atom:subtitle']['#']`.
 
 ## Help
 
-- Don't be afraid to report an [issue](https://github.com/danmactough/node-feedparser/issues).
-- You can drop by [Gitter](https://gitter.im/danmactough/node-feedparser?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge), too.
+- Don't be afraid to report an [issue](https://github.com/Newstex/node-feedparser/issues).
 
 ## Contributors
 
-View all the [contributors](https://github.com/danmactough/node-feedparser/graphs/contributors).
+View all the [contributors](https://github.com/Newstex/node-feedparser/graphs/contributors).
 
 Although `node-feedparser` no longer shares any code with `node-easyrss`, it was
 the original inspiration and a starting point.
@@ -200,6 +195,7 @@ the original inspiration and a starting point.
 (The MIT License)
 
 Copyright (c) 2011-2020 Dan MacTough and contributors
+Copyright (c) 2022 Newstex LLC
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
 this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in

lib/feedparser/index.js

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ FeedParser.prototype.handleOpenTag = function (node){
     this.xhtml['#'] += '>';
   } else if ( this.stack.length === 0 &&
               (n['#name'] === 'rss' ||
+              (!this.meta['#type'] && n['#name'] === 'channel') ||
               (n['#local'] === 'rdf' && _.nslookup([n['#uri']], 'rdf')) ||
               (n['#local'] === 'feed'&& _.nslookup([n['#uri']], 'atom')) ) ) {
     Object.keys(n['@']).forEach(function(name) {
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ FeedParser.prototype.handleOpenTag = function (node){
       this.meta['#type'] = 'rss';
       this.meta['#version'] = n['@']['version'];
       break;
+    case 'channel':
+      this.meta['#type'] = 'rss';
+      this.meta['#version'] = n['@']['version'];
+      break;
     case 'rdf':
       this.meta['#type'] = 'rdf';
       this.meta['#version'] = n['@']['version'] || '1.0';
@@ -295,6 +300,7 @@ FeedParser.prototype.handleCloseTag = function (el){
 
   if (node['#name'] === 'item' ||
       node['#name'] === 'entry' ||
+      node['#name'] === 'article' ||
       (node['#local'] === 'item' && (node['#prefix'] === '' || node['#type'] === 'rdf')) ||
       (node['#local'] == 'entry' && (node['#prefix'] === '' || node['#type'] === 'atom'))) { // We have an article!
 
@@ -798,11 +804,13 @@ FeedParser.prototype.handleItem = function handleItem (node, type, options){
       case('title'):
         item.title = _.get(el);
         break;
-      case('description'):
       case('summary'):
         item.summary = _.get(el);
         if (!item.description) item.description = _.get(el);
         break;
+      case('description'):
+        item.description = _.get(el);
+        break;
       case('content'):
       case('content:encoded'):
         item.description = _.get(el);