How to Parse Craigslist RSS Feeds in ColdFusion
The ColdFusion language includes a parser you can use to retrieve and display a Craigslist RSS feed. An RSS feed is an XML document that websites such as Craigslist use to allow aggregate sites to retrieve data in a standard format and use it for advertising, news and displaying the latest posts from a blog or website. Craigslist offers several feeds that you can use on your ColdFusion site.
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Instructions
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Open Adobe ColdFusion from the Windows program menu on your development desktop. Open your project, and double-click the file you want to use to parse the RSS feed.
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Define the feed you want to parse. The following code uses the "Best of Craigslist" RSS feed:
<cffeed source="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all/index.rss" query="content">
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Parse the content, and display it on your site. ColdFusion includes libraries that parse the data for you. Add the following code to parse and display the RSS information:
<cfdump var="#content#">
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Save the file changes, and open the file in your browser to test the new code.
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