I have created a module to parse XML data and turn them into EE variables that you can place in your template . The results can be cached into database for better performance. It is based on XML_Walk from Solspace(www.solspace.com). Special thanks to Mitchell. It is originally written to handle XML data and with a few tweaks, it can also be used to extract data from RSS/Atom feeds.
Full documentation can be viewed once you install the module. Tested on EE 1.6.3.
You can download here:File:ano xml parser 1 0 fixed.zip
See the following examples to get some ideas if this fits your needs. Feel free to modify or customize it to suit your needs. I only implemented it in a way to deal with what I need. You may need to add some other parameters like “limit” or “backspace” or conditions…etc
Simple XML data feed
{exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch source='http://www.w3schools.com/xml/simple.xml' refresh='60' parent_tag='breakfast_menu' child_tag='food'}
Food Name; {food_name} with only {food_calories} calories<br>
Price: {food_price}<br>
Description: {food_description}<br>
<hr>
{/exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch}
Non standard XML data feed
<h1>National Weather XML Test</h1>
{exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch source='http://www.weather.gov/data/current_obs/KJFK.xml' refresh='0' parent_tag='_no_root_' child_tag='current_observation'}
Credit: {current_observation_credit}<br/>
Location: {current_observation_location}<br>
<img src='{current_observation_image_url}' title='{current_observation_image_title}'/><br>
Temperature: {current_observation_temperature_string}<br>
<hr>
{/exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch}
RSS data feed
<h1>Yahoo RSS News Test</h1>
{exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch source='http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories' refresh='0' parent_tag='channel' child_tag='item'}
Title: {item_title}<br/>
Description: {item_description}<br>
Link:<a href={item_link} target='_blank'>{item_link}</a><br>
Is Permanent Link?: {item_guid_isPermaLink}<br>
Media Credit: {item_media:credit}<br>
<hr>
{/exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch}
Atom data feed
<h1>Expression Engine Developer Atom Test</h1>
{exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch source='http://expressionengine.com/feeds/atom/devblog/' refresh='0' parent_tag='feed' child_tag='entry'}
<u>Title</u>: {entry_title}, by author:{entry_author_name}
<u>Category</u>:{category_term}/{category_label}<br>
<u>Description</u>: {entry_content}<br>
<hr>
{/exp:ano_xml_parser:fetch}