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ipodderx-rs/src/feed.rs
rays b8d22904f1 Read a title's HTML entities as the characters they stand for
An Atom title of type="html", and an RSS title in CDATA, reach the parser
with their entities intact, so The Verge's "Meta’s" showed as typed:
55 stored titles across 17 feeds. Titles are decoded one entity at a time
with quick-xml's HTML5 table, leaving an & that starts none ("Q&A") alone
rather than failing the whole title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-15 16:46:47 +00:00

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//! Feed fetching and parsing. Replaces FeedData.__getFeed / __getEntries.
use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow};
use reqwest::StatusCode;
use reqwest::header::{ETAG, IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, IF_NONE_MATCH, LAST_MODIFIED};
use crate::config::Feed as FeedCfg;
#[derive(Debug, Default)]
pub struct ParsedFeed {
pub title: Option<String>,
pub ttl_mins: Option<u64>,
pub image: Option<String>,
/// The channel's first `<itunes:category>`, for the Directory's chips.
pub category: Option<String>,
pub entries: Vec<Entry>,
}
#[derive(Debug, Default)]
pub struct Entry {
pub guid: String,
pub title: Option<String>,
pub link: Option<String>,
pub published: Option<i64>,
pub description: Option<String>,
pub categories: Vec<String>,
pub explicit: bool,
/// Episode artwork; falls back to the feed's in the UI.
pub image: Option<String>,
/// Seconds.
pub duration: Option<i64>,
pub episode: Option<i64>,
pub season: Option<i64>,
pub enclosures: Vec<Enclosure>,
}
#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq)]
pub struct Enclosure {
pub url: String,
pub mime: Option<String>,
pub length: Option<i64>,
}
pub enum Fetched {
/// Server said 304, or returned a body we already have.
NotModified,
Body {
bytes: Vec<u8>,
etag: Option<String>,
last_modified: Option<String>,
},
}
/// Conditional GET. reqwest handles gzip and redirects; the original's hand-rolled
/// CONNECT/socket.ssl proxy path is gone -- `system-proxy` reads http_proxy/https_proxy.
pub async fn fetch(
client: &reqwest::Client,
cfg: &FeedCfg,
etag: Option<&str>,
last_modified: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<Fetched> {
let mut req = client.get(&cfg.url);
if let Some(tag) = etag {
req = req.header(IF_NONE_MATCH, tag);
}
if let Some(lm) = last_modified {
req = req.header(IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, lm);
}
if let Some(user) = &cfg.username {
req = req.basic_auth(user, cfg.password());
}
let resp = req.send().await.context("connecting")?;
if resp.status() == StatusCode::NOT_MODIFIED {
return Ok(Fetched::NotModified);
}
let status = resp.status();
if !status.is_success() {
// The original surfaced 401/407 specially; the code is enough for a UI to switch on.
return Err(anyhow!("HTTP {status}"));
}
let header = |h: reqwest::header::HeaderName| {
resp.headers().get(&h).and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok()).map(str::to_owned)
};
let etag = header(ETAG);
let last_modified = header(LAST_MODIFIED);
let bytes = resp.bytes().await.context("reading body")?.to_vec();
Ok(Fetched::Body { bytes, etag, last_modified })
}
/// A stored `last_error`, translated into plain words for whoever subscribes: whose problem
/// it is, and whether there is a new address to switch to.
pub struct Failure {
pub reason: &'static str,
pub new_url: Option<String>,
}
/// Reads a `last_error` the same way `set_feed_error` received it (`format!("{e:#}")` on the
/// anyhow chain from `fetch` or `parse`) and says what it means, for the errors worth telling
/// someone about. Everything else -- a timeout, a 5xx, a 429, a feed that is simply garbled --
/// comes back `None`: transient by nature, or with nothing more useful to say than the raw
/// text already shown once a feed is open.
///
/// ponytail: matches on the fixed strings this crate itself produces (`anyhow!("HTTP
/// {status}")`, and `parse`'s "got a web page" and "the site sent") plus the substrings a DNS failure
/// reliably contains. Fragile if reqwest's own wording changes; the fallback is just showing
/// nothing extra, so a miss costs a clearer message, not a wrong one.
pub fn explain_failure(msg: &str) -> Option<Failure> {
if let Some(rest) = msg.strip_prefix("got a web page, not a feed") {
let new_url = rest
.strip_prefix("; it links ")
.and_then(|r| r.strip_suffix(" as its feed"))
.map(str::to_owned);
return Some(Failure { reason: "The feed moved; this address now shows a web page.", new_url });
}
if msg.contains("the site sent ") {
return Some(Failure { reason: "The site sent a message instead of the feed; the publisher has to fix it.", new_url: None });
}
let low = msg.to_ascii_lowercase();
if low.contains("http 404") {
return Some(Failure { reason: "The publisher took this feed down, or moved it.", new_url: None });
}
if low.contains("http 401") || low.contains("http 403") {
return Some(Failure { reason: "The site refuses ipx's requests.", new_url: None });
}
if low.contains("http 402") {
return Some(Failure { reason: "The feed now needs a paid plan.", new_url: None });
}
if low.contains("dns error")
|| low.contains("failed to lookup address")
|| low.contains("no address associated")
{
return Some(Failure { reason: "This address no longer resolves; the site is gone.", new_url: None });
}
None
}
/// True when a body is an OPML document rather than a feed.
///
/// The original matched on the URL ending in ".opml" (iPXClass.py:34), which misses an
/// OPML served from a URL without that extension. Sniffing the body catches both.
pub fn is_opml(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
let head = &bytes[..bytes.len().min(1024)];
let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(head).to_lowercase();
text.contains("<opml")
}
/// The feeds listed in an OPML document, as (title, xml_url), walking nested folders.
pub fn parse_opml(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>> {
let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(bytes);
let doc = opml::OPML::from_str(&text)
.map_err(|e| anyhow!("that does not parse as OPML: {e}"))?;
let mut out = vec![];
crate::collect_outlines(&doc.body.outlines, &mut out);
Ok(out)
}
/// The <head><title> of an OPML document.
pub fn opml_title(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<String> {
let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(bytes);
let doc = opml::OPML::from_str(&text).ok()?;
doc.head
.and_then(|h| h.title)
.map(|t| t.trim().to_owned())
.filter(|t| !t.is_empty())
}
/// The token and show of a Patreon feed link, or None for any other URL.
///
/// Patreon gives each patron one token per creator. With no show it stands for the creator,
/// whose feed carries every show at once.
fn patreon_parts(url: &str) -> Option<(String, Option<String>)> {
let u = url::Url::parse(url).ok()?;
if !matches!(u.host_str()?, "patreon.com" | "www.patreon.com") || !u.path().starts_with("/rss") {
return None;
}
let param = |name: &str| u.query_pairs().find(|(k, _)| k == name).map(|(_, v)| v.into_owned());
Some((param("auth")?, param("show")))
}
/// A Patreon link naming a creator but no show.
pub fn is_patreon_creator(url: &str) -> bool {
matches!(patreon_parts(url), Some((_, None)))
}
/// What was typed into Add feed, as a URL. A bare Patreon token is taken as its creator's
/// feed, since the token alone says whose it is.
pub fn expand_input(input: &str) -> String {
let s = input.trim();
let token = s.len() >= 20 && s.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '-' || c == '_');
if token { format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss?auth={s}") } else { s.to_owned() }
}
/// Whether two URLs are the same feed. One Patreon show has several spellings -- by the
/// creator's name, by number, or with no creator at all -- and the token and show are what
/// identify it.
pub fn same_feed(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
a == b || patreon_parts(a).is_some_and(|p| Some(p) == patreon_parts(b))
}
/// A Patreon creator's name and shows, each show as (title, feed URL).
///
/// ponytail: Patreon's own web API, undocumented, asked without signing in. If it changes,
/// finding shows stops and the show feeds already found keep working. The documented API
/// needs an OAuth client per install and does not list shows.
pub async fn patreon_shows(
client: &reqwest::Client,
url: &str,
) -> Result<(Option<String>, Vec<(String, String)>)> {
// The creator feed names its campaign by number in its self link, a few hundred bytes in.
// The whole feed runs to megabytes and Patreon ignores Range, so read until it turns up.
let mut resp = client.get(url).send().await.context("connecting")?;
if !resp.status().is_success() {
return Err(anyhow!("Patreon refused the feed: HTTP {}", resp.status()));
}
let mut head = Vec::new();
while patreon_campaign(&head).is_none() && head.len() < 64 * 1024 {
let Some(chunk) = resp.chunk().await.context("reading the feed")? else { break };
head.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
}
let campaign = patreon_campaign(&head)
.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("the Patreon feed does not say whose it is"))?;
let api = format!(
"https://www.patreon.com/api/campaigns/{campaign}\
?include=shows&fields%5Bcampaign%5D=name&fields%5Bcollection%5D=title"
);
let resp = client.get(api).send().await.context("asking Patreon for the shows")?;
if !resp.status().is_success() {
return Err(anyhow!("Patreon would not list the shows: HTTP {}", resp.status()));
}
let (name, shows) = parse_patreon_shows(&resp.bytes().await.context("reading the shows")?)?;
Ok((name, shows.into_iter().map(|(id, title)| (title, format!("{url}&show={id}"))).collect()))
}
/// The campaign number in the start of a Patreon feed.
fn patreon_campaign(head: &[u8]) -> Option<String> {
let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(head);
text.match_indices("patreon.com/rss/").find_map(|(i, m)| {
let id: String = text[i + m.len()..].chars().take_while(char::is_ascii_digit).collect();
(!id.is_empty()).then_some(id)
})
}
/// A campaign's name and its shows as (id, title), from Patreon's JSON:API answer.
fn parse_patreon_shows(json: &[u8]) -> Result<(Option<String>, Vec<(String, String)>)> {
let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(json).context("Patreon's answer is not JSON")?;
// Missing is not the same as none. Read as no shows, the creator feed would be scanned as
// a plain feed, claim every show's files, and leave the shows empty once the list returned.
let ids = v["data"]["relationships"]["shows"]["data"]
.as_array()
.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Patreon's answer does not list the shows"))?;
let title = |id: &str| -> Option<String> {
let show = v["included"].as_array()?.iter().find(|x| x["type"] == "collection" && x["id"] == id)?;
show["attributes"]["title"].as_str().map(|t| t.trim().to_owned())
};
let shows = ids
.iter()
.filter_map(|s| s["id"].as_str())
.map(|id| (id.to_owned(), title(id).unwrap_or_else(|| format!("Show {id}"))))
.collect();
Ok((v["data"]["attributes"]["name"].as_str().map(str::to_owned), shows))
}
/// RSS first, then Atom -- the same split the original made on `parsedFeed.version`.
pub fn parse(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<ParsedFeed> {
match rss::Channel::read_from(bytes) {
Ok(ch) => Ok(from_rss(ch, bytes)),
Err(rss_err) => match atom_syndication::Feed::read_from(bytes) {
Ok(feed) => Ok(from_atom(feed)),
Err(atom_err) => {
if let Some(said) = plain_text(bytes) {
return Err(anyhow!("the site sent {said} instead of a feed"));
}
// Some publishers (kcpw, feedland) write a bare "&" in a URL instead of
// "&amp;". Strict XML parsers refuse it; browsers don't. Retry once with
// every offending "&" escaped rather than fail outright.
let escaped = escape_bare_ampersands(bytes);
if escaped != bytes {
if let Ok(ch) = rss::Channel::read_from(escaped.as_slice()) {
return Ok(from_rss(ch, &escaped));
}
if let Ok(feed) = atom_syndication::Feed::read_from(escaped.as_slice()) {
return Ok(from_atom(feed));
}
}
Err(match alternate_feed_link(bytes) {
Some(href) if looks_like_html(bytes) => {
anyhow!("got a web page, not a feed; it links {href} as its feed")
}
None if looks_like_html(bytes) => anyhow!("got a web page, not a feed"),
_ => anyhow!("not RSS ({rss_err}) and not Atom ({atom_err})"),
})
}
},
}
}
/// Whether a body is a web page rather than a feed: most of the errors traced back to a feed
/// that moved or a domain that lapsed, with the old URL now serving the site instead (or a
/// redirect to it). `is_opml` already sniffs the other "not actually a feed" case.
fn looks_like_html(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
let head = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes[..bytes.len().min(2048)]).to_lowercase();
head.contains("<!doctype html") || head.contains("<html")
}
/// What a site sent when it sent a sentence instead of markup. doghouse's feed answered 200 with
/// "Unable to establish a DB connection", and the two parsers' errors about end of input buried
/// it. Anything starting with `<` is markup, however broken, and keeps the parsers' errors.
fn plain_text(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<String> {
let head = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes[..bytes.len().min(512)]);
let text = head.trim_start_matches(|c: char| c.is_whitespace() || c == '\u{feff}');
if text.starts_with('<') {
return None;
}
let line = text.lines().next().unwrap_or("").trim_end();
if line.is_empty() {
return Some("an empty reply".into());
}
let mut said: String = line.chars().take(80).collect();
if said.len() < line.len() {
said.push('…');
}
Some(format!("\"{said}\""))
}
/// The feed a web page names as its own via `<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"
/// href="...">` (or the Atom equivalent) -- how the new address was found for om.co, ms.now,
/// Letters of Note, the Daily Dot, Hell Gate, The Frame Lab and Daily Kos.
fn alternate_feed_link(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<String> {
let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(bytes);
let lower = text.to_lowercase();
let mut pos = 0;
while let Some(rel) = lower[pos..].find("<link") {
let start = pos + rel;
let Some(end) = lower[start..].find('>').map(|e| start + e) else { break };
pos = end + 1;
let tag = &text[start..end];
let tag_lower = &lower[start..end];
let is_alternate = tag_lower.contains("rel=\"alternate\"") || tag_lower.contains("rel='alternate'");
let is_feed_type = tag_lower.contains("rss+xml") || tag_lower.contains("atom+xml");
if is_alternate && is_feed_type
&& let Some(href) = tag_attr(tag, "href")
{
return Some(href);
}
}
None
}
/// The value of one attribute in an HTML/XML start tag, however it is quoted.
fn tag_attr(tag: &str, name: &str) -> Option<String> {
let key = format!("{name}=");
let idx = tag.to_lowercase().find(&key)?;
let after = &tag[idx + key.len()..];
let quote = after.chars().next()?;
if quote != '"' && quote != '\'' {
return None;
}
let rest = &after[1..];
let close = rest.find(quote)?;
Some(rest[..close].trim().to_owned())
}
/// Escapes every `&` that does not already start a recognized XML entity
/// (`&amp;`, `&lt;`, `&gt;`, `&quot;`, `&apos;`, or a numeric reference like `&#39;`).
fn escape_bare_ampersands(bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
fn is_entity_start(rest: &[u8]) -> bool {
for named in [&b"amp;"[..], b"lt;", b"gt;", b"quot;", b"apos;"] {
if rest.starts_with(named) {
return true;
}
}
let digits = if rest.starts_with(b"#x") || rest.starts_with(b"#X") {
&rest[2..]
} else if rest.starts_with(b"#") {
&rest[1..]
} else {
return false;
};
let len = digits.iter().take_while(|b| b.is_ascii_alphanumeric()).count();
len > 0 && digits.get(len) == Some(&b';')
}
let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(bytes.len());
let mut i = 0;
while i < bytes.len() {
if bytes[i] == b'&' && !is_entity_start(&bytes[i + 1..]) {
out.extend_from_slice(b"&amp;");
} else {
out.push(bytes[i]);
}
i += 1;
}
out
}
/// Every `<enclosure>` of every `<item>`, in document order.
///
/// The `rss` crate models an item as having at most one enclosure -- which is what RSS 2.0
/// says -- and when a feed carries several it keeps only the *last*, silently losing the
/// rest. Feeds do ship several, so read them from the XML directly.
fn enclosures_by_item(bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<Vec<Enclosure>> {
use quick_xml::events::Event;
let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_reader(bytes);
reader.config_mut().trim_text(true);
let mut buf = Vec::new();
let mut out: Vec<Vec<Enclosure>> = Vec::new();
let mut current: Option<Vec<Enclosure>> = None;
let read_enclosure = |e: &quick_xml::events::BytesStart| -> Option<Enclosure> {
let (mut url, mut mime, mut length) = (String::new(), None, None);
for attr in e.attributes().flatten() {
// Values arrive escaped: a feed URL's "&" is "&amp;" in the document.
let val = quick_xml::escape::unescape(&attr.value)
.map(|v| v.trim().to_string())
.unwrap_or_default();
match attr.key.local_name().as_ref() {
"url" => url = val,
"type" => mime = Some(val).filter(|v| !v.is_empty()),
"length" => length = val.parse().ok(),
_ => {}
}
}
(!url.is_empty()).then_some(Enclosure { url, mime, length })
};
loop {
match reader.read_event_into(&mut buf) {
Ok(Event::Start(e)) => match e.name().local_name().as_ref() {
"item" => current = Some(Vec::new()),
"enclosure" => {
if let (Some(list), Some(enc)) = (current.as_mut(), read_enclosure(&e)) {
list.push(enc);
}
}
_ => {}
},
Ok(Event::Empty(e)) => match e.name().local_name().as_ref() {
// <item/> with no children still counts, so the indexes stay aligned.
"item" => out.push(Vec::new()),
"enclosure" => {
if let (Some(list), Some(enc)) = (current.as_mut(), read_enclosure(&e)) {
list.push(enc);
}
}
_ => {}
},
Ok(Event::End(e)) => {
if e.name().local_name().as_ref() == "item"
&& let Some(list) = current.take()
{
out.push(list);
}
}
Ok(Event::Eof) | Err(_) => break,
_ => {}
}
buf.clear();
}
if let Some(list) = current.take() {
out.push(list);
}
out
}
fn from_rss(ch: rss::Channel, bytes: &[u8]) -> ParsedFeed {
let per_item = enclosures_by_item(bytes);
let explicit = ch
.itunes_ext()
.and_then(|it| it.explicit())
.is_some_and(is_yes);
let entries = ch
.items()
.iter()
.enumerate()
.filter_map(|(idx, item)| {
// Straight from the XML, so an item with several keeps all of them. Falls
// back to the parsed one if the scan and the parser disagree on item count.
let enclosures: Vec<Enclosure> = per_item.get(idx).cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| {
item.enclosure()
.into_iter()
.map(|e| Enclosure {
url: e.url().trim().to_owned(),
mime: non_empty(Some(e.mime_type())),
length: e.length().parse().ok(),
})
.filter(|e| !e.url.is_empty())
.collect()
});
let guid = pick_guid(
item.guid().map(|g| g.value()),
item.link(),
enclosures.first().map(|e| e.url.as_str()),
item.title(),
)?;
let entry_explicit = item
.itunes_ext()
.and_then(|it| it.explicit())
.is_some_and(is_yes);
let it = item.itunes_ext();
Some(Entry {
guid,
title: title_text(item.title()),
link: non_empty(item.link()),
published: item.pub_date().and_then(parse_date),
// Content wins over description, as __getEntries preferred entry.content.
description: body(item.content(), item.description()),
categories: item
.categories()
.iter()
.map(|c| c.name().to_owned())
.filter(|c| !c.is_empty() && !c.starts_with("http"))
.collect(),
explicit: explicit || entry_explicit,
image: item_image(item, &enclosures),
duration: it.and_then(|i| i.duration()).and_then(parse_duration),
episode: it.and_then(|i| i.episode()).and_then(|e| e.trim().parse().ok()),
season: it.and_then(|i| i.season()).and_then(|e| e.trim().parse().ok()),
enclosures,
})
})
.collect();
ParsedFeed {
title: title_text(Some(ch.title())),
ttl_mins: ch.ttl().and_then(|t| t.trim().parse().ok()),
// itunes:image is the square artwork; <image><url> is the older, often smaller one.
image: ch
.itunes_ext()
.and_then(|i| i.image())
.map(str::to_owned)
.or_else(|| ch.image().map(|i| i.url().to_owned())),
// Only the iTunes one: Apple's list is fixed, while a plain <category> is freeform and
// would fill the Directory with one-off tags. The subcategory where there is one: Apple
// files every tabletop and gaming show under Leisure, which says little; Games says it.
category: ch
.itunes_ext()
.and_then(|i| i.categories().first())
.map(|c| c.subcategory().filter(|s| !s.text().trim().is_empty()).unwrap_or(c))
.and_then(|c| non_empty(Some(c.text().trim()))),
entries,
}
}
fn from_atom(feed: atom_syndication::Feed) -> ParsedFeed {
let entries = feed
.entries()
.iter()
.filter_map(|e| {
// Atom carries enclosures as <link rel="enclosure">.
let enclosures: Vec<Enclosure> = e
.links()
.iter()
.filter(|l| l.rel() == "enclosure")
.map(|l| Enclosure {
url: l.href().trim().to_owned(),
mime: non_empty(l.mime_type()),
length: l.length().and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()),
})
.filter(|e| !e.url.is_empty())
.collect();
let alt = e
.links()
.iter()
.find(|l| l.rel() == "alternate" || l.rel().is_empty())
.map(|l| l.href());
let guid = pick_guid(
Some(e.id()),
alt,
enclosures.first().map(|x| x.url.as_str()),
Some(e.title().as_str()),
)?;
Some(Entry {
guid,
title: title_text(Some(e.title().as_str())),
link: alt.map(str::to_owned),
published: e.published().or(Some(e.updated())).map(|d| d.timestamp()),
description: body(e.content().and_then(|c| c.value()), e.summary().map(|s| s.as_str())),
categories: e.categories().iter().map(|c| c.term().to_owned()).collect(),
explicit: false,
image: None,
duration: None,
episode: None,
season: None,
enclosures,
})
})
.collect();
ParsedFeed {
title: title_text(Some(feed.title().as_str())),
ttl_mins: None,
image: feed.logo().or_else(|| feed.icon()).map(str::to_owned),
category: None,
entries,
}
}
/// The original fell back to hashing the title or description. A guid, permalink or
/// enclosure URL is a stable identifier already, so no hashing is needed; an entry with
/// none of them has nothing to download and is dropped.
fn pick_guid(
guid: Option<&str>,
link: Option<&str>,
enclosure: Option<&str>,
title: Option<&str>,
) -> Option<String> {
[guid, link, enclosure, title]
.into_iter()
.flatten()
.map(str::trim)
.find(|s| !s.is_empty())
.map(str::to_owned)
}
fn is_yes(s: &str) -> bool {
matches!(s.trim().to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(), "yes" | "true" | "explicit")
}
fn non_empty(s: Option<&str>) -> Option<String> {
s.map(str::trim).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()).map(str::to_owned)
}
/// A title as plain text. An Atom title of `type="html"`, or an RSS one in CDATA, comes through
/// the XML parser with its HTML entities intact: The Verge's "Meta&#8217;s" reached the page as
/// typed. Decoded one entity at a time, so an `&` that starts none, as in "Q&A", stays as it is
/// instead of failing the whole title.
fn title_text(s: Option<&str>) -> Option<String> {
let s = non_empty(s)?;
let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
let mut rest = s.as_str();
while let Some(at) = rest.find('&') {
out.push_str(&rest[..at]);
rest = &rest[at..];
let len = 1 + rest[1..]
.find(|c: char| !(c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '#'))
.unwrap_or(rest.len() - 1);
let decoded = rest[len..]
.starts_with(';')
.then(|| quick_xml::escape::unescape_with(&rest[..=len], quick_xml::escape::resolve_html5_entity).ok())
.flatten();
match decoded {
Some(v) => {
out.push_str(&v);
rest = &rest[len + 1..];
}
None => {
out.push('&');
rest = &rest[1..];
}
}
}
out.push_str(rest);
non_empty(Some(&out))
}
/// An item's show notes: its full body when that is whole, else its description.
///
/// libsyn served Daily Meditation Podcast's `content:encoded` cut at the `>` inside a class name
/// pasted from a web app (`[&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto`), so the body
/// began halfway through a tag and the page showed the rest of the tag as text. The same item's
/// `description` was whole. With no description to fall back on, a damaged body beats none.
fn body(content: Option<&str>, description: Option<&str>) -> Option<String> {
non_empty(content)
.filter(|c| !starts_mid_tag(c))
.or_else(|| non_empty(description))
.or_else(|| non_empty(content))
}
/// Text that closes an attribute list (`">`) before any tag has opened is the tail of a tag whose
/// start was cut off.
fn starts_mid_tag(html: &str) -> bool {
html[..html.find('<').unwrap_or(html.len())].contains("\">")
}
/// The picture to show beside an item, in order of how deliberate it is:
/// `itunes:image`, then Media RSS `media:thumbnail`, then a `media:content` that is an
/// image, and finally an image enclosure -- which is how a blog's article picture arrives
/// (Substack puts it there), so those entries get artwork rather than a blank square.
fn item_image(item: &rss::Item, enclosures: &[Enclosure]) -> Option<String> {
if let Some(url) = item.itunes_ext().and_then(|i| i.image()) {
return non_empty(Some(url));
}
let media = item.extensions().get("media");
let attr = |name: &str, want_image: bool| -> Option<String> {
media?.get(name)?.iter().find_map(|e| {
if want_image {
// media:content carries anything; only take it when it says it is a picture.
let is_image = e.attrs.get("type").is_some_and(|t| t.starts_with("image/"))
|| e.attrs.get("medium").is_some_and(|m| m == "image");
if !is_image {
return None;
}
}
non_empty(e.attrs.get("url").map(String::as_str))
})
};
attr("thumbnail", false)
.or_else(|| attr("content", true))
.or_else(|| {
enclosures
.iter()
.find(|e| e.mime.as_deref().is_some_and(|m| m.starts_with("image/")))
.map(|e| e.url.clone())
})
}
/// itunes:duration is either plain seconds ("5649") or a clock ("1:34:09", "23:45").
fn parse_duration(s: &str) -> Option<i64> {
let s = s.trim();
if s.is_empty() {
return None;
}
if !s.contains(':') {
return s.parse().ok().filter(|n| *n > 0);
}
let mut total: i64 = 0;
for part in s.split(':') {
total = total * 60 + part.trim().parse::<i64>().ok()?;
}
Some(total).filter(|n| *n > 0)
}
/// RSS pubDate is RFC 2822; some feeds ship RFC 3339 instead.
fn parse_date(s: &str) -> Option<i64> {
let s = s.trim();
chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc2822(s)
.or_else(|_| chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(s))
.ok()
.map(|d| d.timestamp())
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn parses_rss_with_itunes_extensions() {
let bytes = include_bytes!("../tests/data/rss2.xml");
let feed = parse(bytes).unwrap();
assert_eq!(feed.title.as_deref(), Some("Test Cast"));
assert_eq!(feed.ttl_mins, Some(45));
assert_eq!(feed.category.as_deref(), Some("Podcasting"), "the first, by its subcategory");
assert_eq!(feed.entries.len(), 3);
let ep = &feed.entries[0];
assert_eq!(ep.guid, "https://example.com/ep/1");
assert_eq!(ep.title.as_deref(), Some("Episode One"));
assert_eq!(ep.published, Some(1_078_016_400));
assert_eq!(ep.categories, vec!["Tech"]);
assert!(!ep.explicit);
assert_eq!(
ep.enclosures,
vec![Enclosure {
url: "https://example.com/ep1.mp3".into(),
mime: Some("audio/mpeg".into()),
length: Some(12_345_678),
}]
);
assert!(feed.entries[1].explicit, "entry-level itunes:explicit=yes");
assert_eq!(
feed.entries[2].enclosures[0].mime.as_deref(),
Some("application/x-bittorrent")
);
}
#[test]
fn titles_are_read_as_text_not_html() {
// The Verge: an Atom title of type="html", its entity inside CDATA.
let xml = br#"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title type="text">V</title><id>v</id>
<updated>2026-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Meta&#8217;s new One]]></title><id>e1</id>
<updated>2026-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated></entry></feed>"#;
assert_eq!(parse(xml).unwrap().entries[0].title.as_deref(), Some("Meta\u{2019}s new One"));
// HTML names as well as numbers; a bare `&` and an unknown name are left as they are.
assert_eq!(
title_text(Some("Pe&ntilde;a &amp; &#x201C;Q&A&#8221; &bogus; AT&T;")).as_deref(),
Some("Pe\u{f1}a & \u{201c}Q&A\u{201d} &bogus; AT&T;")
);
}
#[test]
fn a_body_cut_off_mid_tag_gives_way_to_the_description() {
// How libsyn served Daily Meditation Podcast #3477: content:encoded began inside a tag.
let cut = r#"*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars" dir="auto" data-turn="assistant"> <p>What if</p>"#;
let whole = r#"<div class="[&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto"><p>What if</p></div>"#;
assert_eq!(body(Some(cut), Some(whole)).as_deref(), Some(whole));
assert_eq!(body(Some("<p>Notes</p>"), Some("Summary")).as_deref(), Some("<p>Notes</p>"), "a whole body wins");
assert_eq!(body(Some("Plain notes, no tags."), Some("Summary")).as_deref(), Some("Plain notes, no tags."));
assert_eq!(body(Some(cut), None).as_deref(), Some(cut), "a damaged body beats none");
assert_eq!(body(None, Some("Summary")).as_deref(), Some("Summary"));
}
#[test]
fn feed_level_explicit_overrides_entries() {
let xml = br#"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
<channel><title>X</title><link>https://x</link><description>d</description>
<itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
<item><title>a</title><guid>g1</guid>
<enclosure url="https://x/a.mp3" length="1" type="audio/mpeg"/></item>
</channel></rss>"#;
let feed = parse(xml).unwrap();
assert!(
feed.entries[0].explicit,
"the entry says nothing; the feed-level flag must still mark it explicit"
);
}
#[test]
fn explain_failure_translates_the_errors_the_ui_should_flag() {
assert_eq!(
explain_failure("HTTP 404 Not Found").unwrap().reason,
"The publisher took this feed down, or moved it."
);
assert_eq!(explain_failure("HTTP 401 Unauthorized").unwrap().reason, "The site refuses ipx's requests.");
assert_eq!(explain_failure("HTTP 403 Forbidden").unwrap().reason, "The site refuses ipx's requests.");
assert_eq!(explain_failure("HTTP 402 Payment Required").unwrap().reason, "The feed now needs a paid plan.");
let dns = explain_failure("connecting: dns error: failed to lookup address information").unwrap();
assert_eq!(dns.reason, "This address no longer resolves; the site is gone.");
let moved = explain_failure("got a web page, not a feed; it links https://x/feed as its feed").unwrap();
assert_eq!(moved.new_url.as_deref(), Some("https://x/feed"));
assert!(explain_failure("got a web page, not a feed").unwrap().new_url.is_none());
let down = explain_failure("the site sent \"Unable to establish a DB connection\" instead of a feed").unwrap();
assert_eq!(down.reason, "The site sent a message instead of the feed; the publisher has to fix it.");
for transient in [
"HTTP 500 Internal Server Error",
"HTTP 429 Too Many Requests",
"operation timed out",
"not RSS (reached end of input without finding a complete channel) and not Atom (unexpected end of input)",
] {
assert!(explain_failure(transient).is_none(), "{transient} must not be flagged");
}
}
#[test]
fn a_web_page_says_so_and_names_the_feed_it_links() {
let html = br#"<!doctype html><html><head>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://x.example/feed">
</head><body>not a feed</body></html>"#;
let err = parse(html).unwrap_err().to_string();
assert_eq!(err, "got a web page, not a feed; it links https://x.example/feed as its feed");
}
#[test]
fn a_web_page_with_no_feed_link_still_says_so() {
let html = b"<!doctype html><html><body>moved</body></html>";
assert_eq!(parse(html).unwrap_err().to_string(), "got a web page, not a feed");
}
#[test]
fn malformed_xml_gets_the_original_parser_errors() {
let err = parse(b"<rss><channel><title>cut off").unwrap_err().to_string();
assert!(err.starts_with("not RSS ("), "{err}");
}
#[test]
fn a_body_with_no_markup_says_what_the_site_sent() {
let err = parse(b"\xef\xbb\xbf\r\n Unable to establish a DB connection\nmore").unwrap_err().to_string();
assert_eq!(err, "the site sent \"Unable to establish a DB connection\" instead of a feed");
let long = parse("x".repeat(200).as_bytes()).unwrap_err().to_string();
assert_eq!(long, format!("the site sent \"{}\" instead of a feed", "x".repeat(80)));
assert_eq!(parse(b" \n").unwrap_err().to_string(), "the site sent an empty reply instead of a feed");
}
#[test]
fn parses_atom_enclosure_links() {
let bytes = include_bytes!("../tests/data/atom.xml");
let feed = parse(bytes).unwrap();
assert_eq!(feed.title.as_deref(), Some("Atom Cast"));
assert_eq!(feed.entries.len(), 1);
let ep = &feed.entries[0];
assert_eq!(ep.guid, "urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a");
assert_eq!(ep.link.as_deref(), Some("https://example.org/ep/1"));
assert_eq!(ep.published, Some(1_078_016_400));
assert_eq!(
ep.enclosures,
vec![Enclosure {
url: "https://example.org/ep1.m4a".into(),
mime: Some("audio/mp4".into()),
length: Some(9_876_543),
}],
"rel=enclosure only; the alternate link must not become an enclosure"
);
}
#[test]
fn a_bare_ampersand_in_a_link_is_repaired_and_parsed() {
// kcpw.org: <link>https://kcpw.org/?post_type=post&p=125715</link> -- a bare "&"
// that strict XML rejects but browsers accept.
let xml = br#"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>X</title><link>https://x</link><description>d</description>
<item><title>a</title><guid>g1</guid>
<link>https://kcpw.org/?post_type=post&p=125715</link>
<enclosure url="https://x/a.mp3?a=1&b=2" length="1" type="audio/mpeg"/></item>
</channel></rss>"#;
let feed = parse(xml).unwrap();
assert_eq!(feed.entries[0].link.as_deref(), Some("https://kcpw.org/?post_type=post&p=125715"));
assert_eq!(feed.entries[0].enclosures[0].url, "https://x/a.mp3?a=1&b=2");
}
#[test]
fn escape_bare_ampersands_leaves_real_entities_alone() {
let out = escape_bare_ampersands(b"a&amp;b &lt;x&gt; &#39; &#x2F; c&d");
assert_eq!(out, b"a&amp;b &lt;x&gt; &#39; &#x2F; c&amp;d");
}
#[test]
fn the_rss_title_always_wins_and_episode_numbers_stay_metadata() {
// Some feeds set a different itunes:title. The displayed title is always the RSS
// <title>, verbatim -- separators and all -- and season/episode are stored
// alongside it rather than folded into it.
let xml = br#"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
<channel><title>Show</title><link>https://x</link><description>d</description>
<item>
<title>Music from a Darkened Room | Session Zero</title>
<itunes:title>Session Zero</itunes:title>
<guid>sz</guid>
<itunes:season>8</itunes:season>
<itunes:duration>6720</itunes:duration>
<enclosure url="https://x/sz.mp3" length="1" type="audio/mpeg"/>
</item>
<item>
<title>Music from a Darkened Room Part 1 | Murphy's Drawer</title>
<guid>p1</guid>
<itunes:season>8</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
<enclosure url="https://x/p1.mp3" length="1" type="audio/mpeg"/>
</item>
</channel></rss>"#;
let feed = parse(xml).unwrap();
let sz = &feed.entries[0];
assert_eq!(
sz.title.as_deref(),
Some("Music from a Darkened Room | Session Zero"),
"itunes:title must not override the RSS title"
);
assert_eq!(sz.season, Some(8));
assert_eq!(sz.episode, None, "a missing episode number stays missing");
assert_eq!(sz.duration, Some(6720));
let p1 = &feed.entries[1];
assert_eq!(p1.title.as_deref(), Some("Music from a Darkened Room Part 1 | Murphy's Drawer"));
assert_eq!((p1.season, p1.episode), (Some(8), Some(1)));
}
#[test]
fn opml_is_recognised_and_its_feeds_listed() {
let xml = br#"<opml version="2.0"><head><title>My Subscriptions</title></head><body>
<outline text="Folder">
<outline type="rss" text="Alpha" xmlUrl="https://a.example/rss"/>
<outline type="rss" text="Beta" xmlUrl="https://b.example/rss"/>
</outline>
<outline text="Not a feed"/>
</body></opml>"#;
assert!(is_opml(xml));
assert_eq!(opml_title(xml).as_deref(), Some("My Subscriptions"));
let feeds = parse_opml(xml).unwrap();
assert_eq!(feeds.len(), 2, "nested folders are walked, non-feed outlines skipped");
assert_eq!(feeds[0], ("Alpha".into(), "https://a.example/rss".into()));
// A feed must never be mistaken for a subscription list.
assert!(!is_opml(include_bytes!("../tests/data/rss2.xml")));
assert!(!is_opml(include_bytes!("../tests/data/atom.xml")));
}
#[test]
fn a_patreon_creator_is_a_list_of_its_shows() {
let tok = "AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUvWxYz012_-9";
assert_eq!(expand_input(&format!(" {tok} ")), format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss?auth={tok}"));
assert_eq!(expand_input("https://example.com/rss"), "https://example.com/rss");
assert!(is_patreon_creator(&format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss/glasscannon?auth={tok}")));
assert!(is_patreon_creator(&format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss?auth={tok}")));
assert!(!is_patreon_creator(&format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss/x?auth={tok}&show=1")), "one show is a feed");
assert!(!is_patreon_creator(&format!("https://example.com/rss?auth={tok}")));
// The show you already have by name is the one a bare token would add by number.
assert!(same_feed(
&format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss/glasscannon?auth={tok}&show=2073588"),
&format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss?auth={tok}&show=2073588"),
));
assert!(!same_feed(
&format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss?auth={tok}&show=1"),
&format!("https://www.patreon.com/rss?auth={tok}&show=2"),
));
// The self link carries the campaign by number, whichever spelling was asked for.
let head = br#"<rss><channel><link>https://www.patreon.com/glasscannon</link>
<atom:link href="https://www.patreon.com/rss/369921?auth=t" rel="self"/>"#;
assert_eq!(patreon_campaign(head).as_deref(), Some("369921"));
assert_eq!(patreon_campaign(b"<rss><channel><title>T"), None);
let json = br#"{"data":{"id":"369921","type":"campaign","attributes":{"name":"The Glass Cannon Network"},
"relationships":{"shows":{"data":[{"id":"2073588","type":"collection"},{"id":"2073636","type":"collection"}]}}},
"included":[{"id":"2073588","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Get in the Trunk "}},
{"id":"2073636","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Shadowdark"}}]}"#;
let (name, shows) = parse_patreon_shows(json).unwrap();
assert_eq!(name.as_deref(), Some("The Glass Cannon Network"));
assert_eq!(shows, [("2073588".into(), "Get in the Trunk".into()), ("2073636".into(), "Shadowdark".into())]);
// An answer that stops naming the shows is an error, never "this creator has none".
assert!(parse_patreon_shows(br#"{"data":{"attributes":{"name":"X"}}}"#).is_err());
}
#[test]
fn an_item_may_carry_several_enclosures() {
// The rss crate keeps only one per item -- the last -- so these come from the XML.
let xml = br#"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>M</title><link>https://x</link><description>d</description>
<item><title>Two files</title><guid>m1</guid>
<enclosure url="https://x/a.mp3?v=1&amp;t=2" length="111" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<enclosure url="https://x/b.mp4" length="222" type="video/mp4"/>
</item>
<item><title>One file</title><guid>m2</guid>
<enclosure url="https://x/c.mp3" length="333" type="audio/mpeg"/></item>
<item><title>None</title><guid>m3</guid></item>
</channel></rss>"#;
let f = parse(xml).unwrap();
assert_eq!(f.entries.len(), 3);
let two = &f.entries[0].enclosures;
assert_eq!(two.len(), 2, "both enclosures survive");
assert_eq!(
two[0].url, "https://x/a.mp3?v=1&t=2",
"document order, and the escaped ampersand is decoded"
);
assert_eq!(two[0].length, Some(111));
assert_eq!(two[1].url, "https://x/b.mp4");
assert_eq!(two[1].mime.as_deref(), Some("video/mp4"));
assert_eq!(f.entries[1].enclosures.len(), 1);
assert_eq!(f.entries[2].enclosures.len(), 0, "an item may have none");
}
#[test]
fn an_items_picture_comes_from_the_most_deliberate_source() {
let xml = br#"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
<channel><title>P</title><link>https://x</link><description>d</description>
<item><title>Has itunes</title><guid>a</guid>
<itunes:image href="https://x/itunes.jpg"/>
<media:thumbnail url="https://x/thumb.jpg"/>
<enclosure url="https://x/a.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg"/></item>
<item><title>Has thumbnail</title><guid>b</guid>
<media:thumbnail url="https://x/thumb.jpg"/>
<enclosure url="https://x/b.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg"/></item>
<item><title>Has media content</title><guid>c</guid>
<media:content url="https://x/pic.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
<media:content url="https://x/clip.mp4" type="video/mp4"/></item>
<item><title>Only an image enclosure</title><guid>d</guid>
<enclosure url="https://x/d.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg"/></item>
<item><title>Audio only</title><guid>e</guid>
<enclosure url="https://x/e.mp3" length="1" type="audio/mpeg"/></item>
</channel></rss>"#;
let f = parse(xml).unwrap();
let img = |i: usize| f.entries[i].image.as_deref();
assert_eq!(img(0), Some("https://x/itunes.jpg"), "itunes:image wins");
assert_eq!(img(1), Some("https://x/thumb.jpg"), "then media:thumbnail");
assert_eq!(img(2), Some("https://x/pic.jpg"), "media:content, and only the image one");
assert_eq!(img(3), Some("https://x/d.jpg"), "a blog's article picture arrives as an enclosure");
assert_eq!(img(4), None, "audio is not a picture");
}
#[test]
fn durations_parse_from_seconds_or_a_clock() {
assert_eq!(parse_duration("5649"), Some(5649));
assert_eq!(parse_duration("23:45"), Some(1425));
assert_eq!(parse_duration("1:34:09"), Some(5649));
assert_eq!(parse_duration("0"), None, "zero is not a duration");
assert_eq!(parse_duration(""), None);
assert_eq!(parse_duration("garbage"), None);
}
#[test]
fn rejects_html_masquerading_as_a_feed() {
assert!(parse(b"<html><body>nope</body></html>").is_err());
}
#[test]
fn guid_falls_back_through_link_then_enclosure() {
assert_eq!(pick_guid(Some(" "), Some("l"), Some("e"), None).as_deref(), Some("l"));
assert_eq!(pick_guid(None, None, Some("e"), Some("t")).as_deref(), Some("e"));
assert_eq!(pick_guid(None, None, None, None), None);
}
}