How to retrieve RSS feed from blogger?

[Tarik Monem]

Here's the code for the index.xml file on the blogger

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<$MTPublishCharset$>"?>
<rss version="2.0">
   <channel>
      <title><$MTBlogName remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
      <link><$MTBlogURL$></link>
      <description><$MTBlogDescription remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></description>
      <language><$MTBlogLanguage ietf="1"$></language>
      <copyright>Copyright <$MTDate format="%Y"$></copyright>
      <lastBuildDate><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryDate format_name="rfc822"$></MTEntries></lastBuildDate>
      <generator>http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=<$MTVersion$></generator>
      <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> 
 
      <MTEntries lastn="15">
      <item>
         <title><$MTEntryTitle remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
         <description><$MTEntryBody encode_xml="1"$></description>
         <link><$MTEntryPermalink encode_xml="1"$></link>
         <guid><$MTEntryPermalink encode_xml="1"$></guid>
         <category><$MTEntryCategory remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></category>
         <pubDate><$MTEntryDate format_name="rfc822"$></pubDate>
      </item>
      </MTEntries>
   </channel>
</rss>
 

Here's my javascript file which returns an allert that it could not handle the file -- I'm sure it has to do with me not defining what variables that the blogger is returning, but is there a way to handle such variables?

 
var channelvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('channel');
var titlevar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('title');
var linkvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('link');
var descriptionvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('description');
var languagevar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('language');
var copyrightvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('copyright');
var lastBuildDatevar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('lastBuildDate');
var generatorvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('generator');
var docsvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('docs');
var guidvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('guid');
var categoryvar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('category');
var pubDatevar=xml_doc.getElementsByTagName('pubDate');
 
 
for (i=0;i<channelvar.length;i++)
  {
  if (channelvar[i].nodeType==1)
    { 
document.writeln(titlevar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + '<br>');
document.writeln("<a href='" + linkvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "' target=_blank>" + linkvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "</a><br>");
document.writeln(descriptionvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + '<br>');
document.writeln(languagevar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.writeln(copyrightvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.writeln(lastBuildDatevar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.writeln(generatorvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.writeln(docsvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.writeln(guidvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.writeln(categoryvar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.writeln(pubDatevar[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "<br>&nbsp;<br>");
    }
  }
 
 

As usual, thanks in advance for any help :-)

[Dököll]

Hi!

I am not sure why it is not doing what you intended it to. Here's an RSS Feed validator site: http://www.feedvalidator.org/

Give it a go, see what comes up, ok!