In Laravel, creating an RSS feed can be useful for providing regularly updated content to users or other applications in a standardized format. RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed format that allows users to subscribe to and receive updates from websites or blogs.
Step 1: Install Laravel App
composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app
Step 2: Create Migration and Model
php artisan make:migration create_posts_table
database/migrations/create_posts_table.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
return new class extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function up(): void
{
Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('title');
$table->string('slug');
$table->text('body');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function down(): void
{
Schema::dropIfExists('posts');
}
};
For new migration then create table in database run below command:
php artisan migrate
now create model
php artisan make:model Post
app/Models/Post.php
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Post extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $fillable = [
'title', 'slug', 'body'
];
}
Step 3: Create Post Factory
run below command to create post factory.
php artisan make:factory PostFactory
add below code and update PostFactory.php
database/factories/PostFactory.php
<?php
namespace Database\Factories;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
/**
* @extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory<\App\Models\Post>
*/
class PostFactory extends Factory
{
/**
* The name of the factory's corresponding model.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $model = Post::class;
/**
* Define the model's default state.
*
* @return array
*/
public function definition(): array
{
return [
'title' => $this->faker->text(),
'slug' => Str::slug($this->faker->text()),
'body' => $this->faker->paragraph()
];
}
}
Run tinker command and create dummy posts.
php artisan tinker
App\Models\Post::factory()->count(30)->create();
Step 4: Create Route
routes/web.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\RSSFeedController;
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
Route::get('feed', [RSSFeedController::class, 'index']);
Step 5: Create Controller
app/Http/Controllers/RSSFeedController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Http\Response;
class RSSFeedController extends Controller
{
/**
* Write code on Method
*
* @return response()
*/
public function index(): Response
{
$posts = Post::latest()->get();
return response()->view('rss', [
'posts' => $posts
])->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
}
}
Step 6: Create View File
resources/views/rss.blade.php
<?=
'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'.PHP_EOL
?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title><![CDATA[ webthestuff.com ]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[ https://your-website.com/feed ]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[ Your website description ]]></description>
<language>en</language>
<pubDate>{{ now() }}</pubDate>
@foreach($posts as $post)
<item>
<title><![CDATA[{{ $post->title }}]]></title>
<link>{{ $post->slug }}</link>
<description><![CDATA[{!! $post->body !!}]]></description>
<category>{{ $post->category }}</category>
<author><![CDATA[Hardk Savani]]></author>
<guid>{{ $post->id }}</guid>
<pubDate>{{ $post->created_at->toRssString() }}</pubDate>
</item>
@endforeach
</channel>
</rss>
Run Project:
php artisan serveGo to web browser, type the URL and view the output:
http://localhost:8000/feed
