google.load("feeds", "1") //Load Google Ajax Feed API (version 1)
function rssdisplayer(divid, url, feedlimit, showoptions){
this.showoptions=showoptions || "" //get string of options to show ("date" and/or "description")
var feedpointer=new google.feeds.Feed(url) //create new instance of Google Ajax Feed API
feedpointer.setNumEntries(feedlimit) //set number of items to display
document.write('
Loading feed...
')
this.feedcontainer=document.getElementById(divid)
var displayer=this
feedpointer.load(function(r){displayer.formatoutput(r)}) //call Feed.load() to retrieve and output RSS feed
}
rssdisplayer.prototype.formatdate=function(datestr){
var itemdate=new Date(datestr)
return ""+itemdate.toLocaleString()+""
}
rssdisplayer.prototype.formatoutput=function(result){
if (!result.error){ //if RSS feed successfully fetched
var thefeeds=result.feed.entries //get all feed entries as a JSON array
var rssoutput=""
for (var i=0; i" + thefeeds[i].title + ""
var itemdate=/date/i.test(this.showoptions)? this.formatdate(thefeeds[i].publishedDate) : ""
var itemdescription=/description/i.test(this.showoptions)? "
"+thefeeds[i].content : /snippet/i.test(this.showoptions)? "
"+thefeeds[i].contentSnippet : ""
rssoutput+="- " + itemtitle + " " + itemdate + itemdescription + "
"
}
rssoutput+="
"
this.feedcontainer.innerHTML=rssoutput
}
else //else, output error
alert("Error fetching feeds: "+result.error.message)
}
//USAGE SYNTAX: new rssdisplayer("divid", "rssurl", numberofitems, "displayoptions")
//new rssdisplayer("adiv", "http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/news/rss_2.0/", 5, "date, description")