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Description:
This UDF display's a rss feed to a web browser, in a readable format.

Return Values:
Returns a query.

Example:

<cfinclude template="rssfeedUdf.cfm">

<cfset rssFeed = cfRssFeed("http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml")>

<font face="arial" size="2">
<ul>
<cfoutput query="rssFeed">
  <li><b><a href="#link#">#title#</a></b> - #description#</li><br>
</cfoutput>
</ul>
</font>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Display rss feed.
 Changes by Raymond Camden and Steven (v2 support amount)
 
 @param feedURL      RSS URL. (Required)
 @param amount      Restricts the amount of items returned. Defaults to number of items in the feed. (Optional)
 @return Returns a query. 
 @author Jose Diaz-Salcedo (bleachedbug@gmail.com) 
 @version 2, November 20, 2008 
--->
<cffunction name="cfRssFeed" access="public" returntype="query" output=false>
    <cfargument name="feedUrl" type="string" required="true"/>
    <cfset var news_file = arguments.feedurl>
    <cfset var rss = "">
    <cfset var items = "">
    <cfset var rssItems = "">
    <cfset var i = "">
    <cfset var row = "">
    <cfset var title = "">
    <cfset var link = "">
    
    <cfhttp url="#news_file#" method="get" />
    
    <cfset rss = xmlParse(cfhttp.filecontent)>

    <cfset items = xmlSearch(rss, "/rss/channel/item")>
    <cfset rssItems = queryNew("title,description,link")>

    <cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(items)#" index="i">
        <cfset row = queryAddRow(rssItems)>
        <cfset title = xmlSearch(rss, "/rss/channel/item[#i#]/title")>

        <cfif arrayLen(title)>
            <cfset title = title[1].xmlText>
        <cfelse>
            <cfset title="">
        </cfif>

        <cfset description = XMLSearch(items[i], "/rss/channel/item[#i#]/description")>

        <cfif ArrayLen(description)>
            <cfset description = description[1].xmlText>
        <cfelse>
            <cfset description="">
        </cfif>

        <cfset link = xmlSearch(items[i], "/rss/channel/item[#i#]/link")>

        <cfif arrayLen(link)>
            <cfset link = link[1].xmlText>
        <cfelse>
            <cfset link="">
        </cfif>

        <cfset querySetCell(rssItems, "title", title, row)>
        <cfset querySetCell(rssItems, "description", description, row)>
        <cfset querySetCell(rssItems, "link", link, row)>

    </cfloop>

    <cfreturn rssItems />

</cffunction>