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RSS 2.0 Feed

A well-formed RSS 2.0 feed with a channel and multiple items, for testing feed readers and parsers.

Feed parsing
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Novus Examples Feed</title>
    <link>https://examples.novusstreamsolutions.com</link>
    <description>Sample RSS feed for parser testing</description>
    <item>
      <title>First post</title>
      <link>https://example.com/1</link>
      <guid>1</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The first item.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Second post</title>
      <link>https://example.com/2</link>
      <guid>2</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The second item.</description>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

Specifications

Format
RSS 2.0
Items
2
Channel
Novus Examples Feed
Encoding
UTF-8

Testing contract

Expected to pass
Scenario
Exercise RSS 2.0 Feed in its feeds workflow. A well-formed RSS 2.0 feed with a channel and multiple items, for testing feed readers and parsers.
Expected result
22 text lines, decoded as UTF-8; first nonempty line is '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'. Declared feature checks: items=2; channel=Novus Examples Feed.

What is a .rss file?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based web feed format that publishes a channel of items with titles, links, descriptions, and publication dates. It lets readers and aggregators track updates to blogs, news, and podcasts. It is a long-established syndication standard.

How to use this file

Use an example RSS file to test feed parsers, item and metadata extraction, and aggregator or podcast-client ingestion logic.

How to use this file for testing

“RSS 2.0 Feed” is a deterministic Testaroo fixture for Feed parsing. Well-formed RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds with multiple entries, for testing feed readers and parsers.

Documented properties for this file: UTF-8 · RSS 2.0. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such, expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Data fixtures document their exact quirks (delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts) in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.

Code examples

import feedparser  # pip install feedparser

feed = feedparser.parse("feed.rss")
print(feed.feed.get("title"))
for e in feed.entries[:5]:
    print(e.title, e.link)

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