RSS Activities Reader Example

events.js

const getEvents = (url='http://calendar.byui.edu/RSSFeeds.aspx?data=tq9cbc8b%2btuQeZGvCTEMSP%2bfv3SYIrjQ3VTAXA335bE0WtJCqYU4mp9MMtuSlz6MRZ4LbMUU%2fO4%3d')=>{
  return new Promise((resolve, reject)=>{
    fetch(url)
    .then(res=>res.text()).then(function(xml) {
      const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(xml, 'text/xml')
      const activities = []
      
      Array.prototype.slice.call(doc.getElementsByTagName('item')).forEach((item)=>{
        activities.push({
          title: item.querySelector('title').textContent,
          description: item.querySelector('description').textContent,
          date: new Date(Date.parse(item.querySelector('pubDate').textContent)),
          href: item.querySelector('link').textContent
        })
      })
      
      resolve(activities.sort((a,b)=>a.date - b.date))
    })
  })
}