RSS <item> Element
Each <item> element defines an article or "story" in
an RSS feed.
The <item> Element
Look at the following RSS document:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>W3Schools Home Page</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com</link>
<description>Free web building tutorials</description>
<item>
<title>RSS Tutorial</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com/rss</link>
<description>New RSS tutorial on W3Schools</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss> |
As mentioned before, each <item> element defines an article or "story" in the RSS feed.
The <item> element has three required child elements:
- <title> - Defines the title of the item (e.g. RSS Tutorial)
- <link> - Defines the hyperlink to the item (e.g. http://www.w3schools.com/rss)
- <description> - Describes the item (e.g. New RSS tutorial on W3Schools)
Furthermore, there are several optional child elements of <item>. We will explain the most important ones below.
The <author> Element
The <author> child element is used to specify the e-mail address of the author of an item.
Note: To prevent spam e-mails, some developers do not include the <author> element.
The author of the item in the RSS document above could be:
| <author>hege@refsnesdata.no</author> |
The <comments> Element
The <comments> child element allows an item to link to comments about that item.
A comment of the item in the RSS document above could be:
| <comments>http://www.w3schools.com/comments</comments> |
The <enclosure> Element
The <enclosure> child element allows a media-file to be included with an item.
The <enclosure> element has three required attributes:
- url - Defines the URL to the media file
- length - Defines the length (in bytes) of the media file
- type - Defines the type of media file
A media-file included in the item in the RSS document above could be:
<enclosure url="http://www.w3schools.com/rss/rss.mp3"
length="5000" type="audio/mpeg" /> |
RSS <item> Reference
| Element |
Description |
| <author> |
Optional. Specifies the e-mail address to the author of the
item |
| <category> |
Optional. Defines one or more categories the item belongs to |
| <comments> |
Optional. Allows an item to link to comments about that item |
| <description> |
Required. Describes the item |
| <enclosure> |
Optional. Allows a media file to be included with the item |
| <guid> |
Optional. Defines a unique identifier for the item |
| <link> |
Required. Defines the hyperlink to the item |
| <pubDate> |
Optional. Defines the last-publication date for the item |
| <source> |
Optional. Specifies a third-party source for the item |
| <title> |
Required. Defines the title of the item |
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