<cffeed>

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Reads or creates an RSS or Atom syndication feed.

This tag can read various RSS and Atom 0.3 versions.

It can create RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0 feeds.

This tag cannot have a body.

This tag is also supported within <cfscript>


		<cffeed
    action=create|read
    columnMap=struct
    enclosureDir=string
    ignoreEnclosureError=boolean
    name=any
    outputFile=string
    overwrite=boolean
    overwriteEnclosure=boolean
    properties=any
    proxyPassword=string
    proxyPort=number
    proxyServer=string
    proxyUser=string
    query=any
    source=string
    timeout=number
    userAgent=string
    xmlVar=string
>

Attribute	Description	Default
action _{string, optional}	edit The name to use for the JavaScript proxy class. The action to take, one of the following values: create: Creates an RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0 feed XML document and saves it in a variable, writes it to a file, or both. read (default): Parses an RSS or Atom feed from a URL or an XML file and saves it in a structure or query. You can also get query metadata in a separate structure.	read
columnMap _{struct, optional}	edit Used only for the create action with a query attribute. A structure specifying a mapping between the names of the columns in the object specified by the query attribute and the columns of the feed format, as described in the Query attribute section. The key for each field must be a column name listed in the Query columns section. The value of the field must be the name of the corresponding column in the query object used as input to the create action. Introduced: 5.3.8.127
enclosureDir _{string, optional}	edit Used only for the read action. Path to the directory in which to save any enclosures that are available in the feed being read. The path can be absolute or relative to the CFML file. If the directory does not exist, Lucee generates an error. If you omit this attribute, Lucee does not save enclosures. To specify the directory that contains the current page, set this attribute to .(period).
ignoreEnclosureError _{boolean, optional}	edit If this attribute is true, Lucee attempts to save all enclosures. If it encounters an error downloading one enclosure, it continues downloading other enclosures and writes the error information in the server log. If this attribute is false, Lucee stops downloading all enclosures and generates an error when it encounters an error downloading an enclosure. Note: Enclosure errors can occur if the specified enclosure is of a type that the web server does not allow to be downloaded. (optional, default=false)
name _{any, optional}	edit A structure that contains complete feed data: The output of a read action. The input definition of the feed to create. This structure contains complete feed information. When you specify the name attribute for a create action, you must put it in pound signs (#).
outputFile _{string, optional}	edit Path of the file in which to write the feed as XML text. The path can be absolute, or relative to the CFML file.
overwrite _{boolean, optional}	edit Whether to overwrite the XML feed file if it already exists. If you do not set this attribute to true and the cffeed tag tries to write to a file that exists, Lucee generates an error. (optional, default=false)
overwriteEnclosure _{boolean, optional}	edit Used only for the read action. Whether to overwrite files in the enclosure directory if they already exist. If you do not set this attribute to true and the cffeed tag tries to write to a file that exists, Lucee generates an error. (optional, default=false)
properties _{any, optional}	edit A structure containing the feed metadata, the information about the entire feed. Can contain either of the following: The output of a read action. Input to a create action. The properties and query attributes combined provide complete feed information. When you specify the properties attribute for a create action, you must put it in pound signs (#)
proxyPassword _{string, optional}	edit Password required by the proxy server.
proxyPort _{number, optional}	edit The port to connect to on the proxy server.
proxyServer _{string, optional}	edit Host name or IP address of a proxy server to which to send the request.
proxyUser _{string, optional}	edit User name to provide to the proxy server.
query _{any, optional}	edit A query object containing the Atom entries or RSS items in the feed. Can contain either of the following: The output of a read action. Input to a create action. The properties and query attributes combined provide complete feed information. When you specify the query attribute for a create action, you must put it in pound signs (#)
source _{string, optional}	edit Used only for the read action. The URL of the feed or the path to the XML file that contains the feed contents. A path can be absolute, or relative to the CFML file.
timeout _{number, optional}	edit The number of seconds to wait for a response from the feed source. A value of 0 specifies that the request does not time out.
userAgent _{string, optional}	edit Text to put in the HTTP User-Agent request header field. Used to identify the request client software.
xmlVar _{string, optional}	edit A variable in which to save the read or created feed as XML text.

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