Example of using feedparser v0.16.x with a string input

index.js

var fs = require('fs')
  , feedparser = require('feedparser');

var str = fs.readFileSync('./rss2sample.xml', 'utf-8')
  , parser = new feedparser();

parser.on('error', console.error)
  .on('readable', function () {
    var stream = this, item;
    while (item = stream.read()) {
      console.log('Got article: %s', item.title || item.description);
    }
  })
  .end(str);

rss2sample.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
   <channel>
      <title>Liftoff News</title>
      <link>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/</link>
      <description>Liftoff to Space Exploration.</description>
      <language>en-us</language>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2003 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:41:01 GMT</lastBuildDate>
      <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
      <generator>Weblog Editor 2.0</generator>
      <managingEditor>[email protected]</managingEditor>
      <webMaster>[email protected]</webMaster>
      <item>
         <title>Star City</title>
         <link>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/news/2003/news-starcity.asp</link>
         <description>How do Americans get ready to work with Russians aboard the International Space Station? They take a crash course in culture, language and protocol at Russia's &lt;a href="http://howe.iki.rssi.ru/GCTC/gctc_e.htm"&gt;Star City&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
         <guid>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/2003/06/03.html#item573</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <description>Sky watchers in Europe, Asia, and parts of Alaska and Canada will experience a &lt;a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/30may_solareclipse.htm"&gt;partial eclipse of the Sun&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday, May 31st.</description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2003 11:06:42 GMT</pubDate>
         <guid>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/2003/05/30.html#item572</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>The Engine That Does More</title>
         <link>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/news/2003/news-VASIMR.asp</link>
         <description>Before man travels to Mars, NASA hopes to design new engines that will let us fly through the Solar System more quickly.  The proposed VASIMR engine would do that.</description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2003 08:37:32 GMT</pubDate>
         <guid>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/2003/05/27.html#item571</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Astronauts' Dirty Laundry</title>
         <link>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/news/2003/news-laundry.asp</link>
         <description>Compared to earlier spacecraft, the International Space Station has many luxuries, but laundry facilities are not one of them.  Instead, astronauts have other options.</description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2003 08:56:02 GMT</pubDate>
         <guid>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/2003/05/20.html#item570</guid>
      </item>
   </channel>
</rss>