feedparser.js

#! /usr/bin/env node

var feedparser = require( 'feedparser' );
var request = require( 'request' );

var feedTest = function (url){
  var object = {};
  object.articles =[];
  request( url, {timeout: 20000}, function(error, resp, body){
          if (error){
          console.log(url + " : " + error);
          }
          else {
            console.log(resp.statusCode);
            console.log(body);
          }
          })
  .pipe(new feedparser())
  .on('error', function(err){
      console.log(url + " : " + err);
      object = null;
      })
  .on ( 'meta', function ( meta ){
       object["meta"] = meta; 
  })
  .on('readable', function(){
      var stream = this, item;
      while (item = stream.read()) {
      object["articles"].push ( item );
      }
      
  })
  .on( 'end', function() {
      console.log ( JSON.stringify( object && object.meta.title ) );
  });
}


var url = "http://dave.smallpict.com/rss.xml";
feedTest ( url );
/** output
 * http://dave.smallpict.com/rss.xml : Error: Not a feed
 * null
 * */

// var url2 = "http://scripting.com/rss.xml";
// feedTest ( url2 );

/** output
 * "Dave Winer"
 * */