Parse OPML

Import an OPML subscription tree with folders, feed URLs, and extension fields.

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How it works

The XML outline tree becomes nested nodes preserving text, type, xmlUrl, htmlUrl, and extension attributes. Feed outlines retain folder hierarchy rather than flattening into one list.

  • Nesting represents folders.
  • Unknown extension attributes survive parsing.

Worked example

Parse OPML feed subscription list
Extract feed URLs and metadata from an OPML 2.0 subscription file
Input
											<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<opml version="2.0">
  <head><title>My Feeds</title></head>
  <body>
    <outline text="Tech" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://example.com/feed.xml" htmlUrl="https://example.com"/>
  </body>
</opml>
Output
												Text: Tech
Type: rss
XML URL: https://example.com/feed.xml
HTML URL: https://example.com

When to use this

Feed migrations, podcast lists, and shared reading bundles parse OPML.

Edge cases

  • A folder outline may lack xmlUrl and htmlUrl.
  • Extensions need round-trip preservation.
  • The same feed URL can appear under multiple folders.

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