atom

An extensible Atom feed generator library that aims to be very close to RFC4287. It diligently checks for compliance with the standard and provides functions for easy creation and extension of elements.

Installation

To install the latest version of the module, use the following command:

go get git.streifling.com/jason/atom@latest

Usage

This library provides convenient functions to safely create and extend elements and attributes of an Atom feed. This is because it can be hard to know all pitfalls of RFC4287. The intended way of using atom is with these functions.

package main

import (
 "fmt"
 "log"

 "git.streifling.com/jason/atom"
)

func main() {
 feed, err := atom.NewFeed("Example Feed")
 if err != nil {
  log.Fatalln(err)
 }

 author := atom.NewPerson("John Doe")
 author.Email = "john.doe@example.com"
 feed.AddAuthor(author)

 entry, err := atom.NewEntry("First Entry")
 if err != nil {
  log.Fatalln(err)
 }
 content, err := atom.NewContent(atom.InlineText, "text", "This is the content of the first entry.")
 if err != nil {
  log.Fatalln(err)
 }
 entry.Content = content
 feed.AddEntry(entry)

 if err := feed.Check(); err != nil {
  log.Fatalln(err)
 }

 feedString, err := feed.ToXML("utf-8")
 if err != nil {
  log.Fatalln(err)
 }
 fmt.Println(feedString)
}

It is also possible to use this library in a way similar to what other libraries would provide. This is, of course, making it easier to make mistakes.

package main

import (
 "fmt"
 "log"
 "time"

 "git.streifling.com/jason/atom"
)

func main() {
 now := time.Now()

 feed := &atom.Feed{
  Title: &atom.PlainText{
   Type: "text",
   Text: "Example Feed",
  },
  ID:      &atom.ID{URI: "urn:uuid:60a76c80-d399-11d9-b93C-0003939e0af6"},
  Updated: &atom.Date{DateTime: atom.DateTime(now)},
  Authors: []*atom.Person{
   {
    Name:  "John Doe",
    Email: "john.doe@example.com",
   },
  },
  Entries: []*atom.Entry{
   {
    Title: &atom.PlainText{
     Type: "text",
     Text: "First Entry",
    },
    ID:      &atom.ID{URI: "urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a"},
    Updated: &atom.Date{DateTime: atom.DateTime(now)},
    Content: &atom.InlineTextContent{
     Type: "text",
     Text: "This is the content of the first entry.",
    },
   },
  },
 }

 feedString, err := feed.ToXML("utf-8")
 if err != nil {
  log.Fatalln(err)
 }
 fmt.Println(feedString)
}

The output of both ways of using it is an RFC4287 compliant Atom feed:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <author>
    <name>John Doe</name>
    <email>john.doe@example.com</email>
  </author>
  <id>urn:uuid:60a76c80-d399-11d9-b93C-0003939e0af6</id>
  <title type="text">Example Feed</title>
  <updated>2024-10-18T05:49:08+02:00</updated>
  <entry>
    <content type="text">This is the content of the first entry.</content>
    <id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id>
    <title type="text">First Entry</title>
    <updated>2006-01-02T15:04:05+07:00</updated>
  </entry>
</feed>