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The data to import¶

Here’s an excerpt of the file (of course, the exact content will vary, since news keep being added to the feed):

     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
             <channel>
                     <title>typo3.org: Latest News</title>
                     <link>http://typo3.org</link>
                     <description>Latest news from typo3.org</description>
                     <language>en</language>
                     <image>
                             <title>typo3.org: Latest News</title>
                             <url>http://typo3.org/clear.gif</url>
                             <link>http://typo3.org</link>
                             <description>Latest news from typo3.org</description>
                     </image>
                     <generator>TYPO3 - get.content.right</generator>
                     <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
                     <lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:45:00 +0200</lastBuildDate>
                     <item>
                             <title>Cross-Site Scripting in news</title>
                             <link>http://typo3.org/news/article/cross-site-scripting-in-news/</link>
                             <description>It has been discovered that the extension &quot;News system&quot; (news) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting</description>
                             <content:encoded>
                                     <![CDATA[<div><strong>Release Date:</strong> June 3, 2014</div>
                                     ...
                                     ]]>
                             </content:encoded>
                             <author>security@typo3.org</author>
                             <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
                     </item>
             </channel>
     </rss>

The part in which we are really interested has been highlighted: we want to import the various entries of the RSS feed, which correspond to the <item> tag.