# xml example

If you like directly working with XML, here's an example of how to for this:

```ts
const posts = [
  {
    title: 'Launching SSH during early boot with mkinitfs',
    url: 'https://estrogen.zone/~mem/blog/1768406136',
    blurb: 'Replacing the early init with our own script to launch SSH, killing it in early userspace, and allowing remote disk decryption in the mean time',
    author: '7222e800',
    guid: '1768406136',
    published: new Date('2026-01-14T15:53:57Z').toUTCString()
  }
];
const doc = new XMLDocumentRoot().child(
  new XMLDeclaration().version().encoding(),
  new XMLRootElement("rss")
    .attribute("version", "2.0")
    .xmlns("content", "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/")
    .child(
      new XMLElement('channel')
        .child(
          new XMLElement('title').child(new XMLText('Latest blog posts for 7222e800')),
          new XMLElement('link').child(new XMLText('https://estrogen.zone/~mem/blog/')),
          new XMLElement('description').child(new XMLText('Some Description')),
          new XMLElement('pubDate').child(new XMLText(new Date().toUTCString())),
          ...posts.map(post => new XMLElement('item').child(
            new XMLElement('title').child(new XMLText(post.title)),
            new XMLElement('link').child(new XMLText(post.url)),
            new XMLElement('description').child(new XMLText(post.blurb)),
            new XMLElement('author').child(new XMLText(post.author)),
            new XMLElement('guid').child(new XMLText(post.guid)),
            new XMLElement('published').child(new XMLText(post.published)),
          ))
        )
    )
);
console.log(
  util.inspect(
    doc,
    { compact: false, colors: true, breakLength: 80, depth: 90 }, true
  )
);
console.log(doc.toString());
```

as of writing, will output this internal state:

```log
XMLDocumentRoot {
  attributes: Map(0) {},
  children: [
    XMLDeclaration {
      attributes: Map(2) {
        'version' => '1.0',
        'encoding' => 'UTF-8'
      },
      children: [],
      tagType: '#declaration'
    },
    XMLRootElement {
      attributes: Map(2) {
        'version' => '2.0',
        'xmlns:content' => 'http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/'
      },
      children: [
        XMLElement {
          attributes: Map(0) {},
          children: [
            XMLElement {
              attributes: Map(0) {},
              children: [
                XMLText {
                  tagType: '#text',
                  text: 'Latest blog posts for 7222e800'
                }
              ],
              tagType: '#element',
              tagName: 'title'
            },
            XMLElement {
              attributes: Map(0) {},
              children: [
                XMLText {
                  tagType: '#text',
                  text: 'https://estrogen.zone/~mem/blog/'
                }
              ],
              tagType: '#element',
              tagName: 'link'
            },
            XMLElement {
              attributes: Map(0) {},
              children: [
                XMLText {
                  tagType: '#text',
                  text: 'Some Description'
                }
              ],
              tagType: '#element',
              tagName: 'description'
            },
            XMLElement {
              attributes: Map(0) {},
              children: [
                XMLText {
                  tagType: '#text',
                  text: 'Mon, 26 Jan 2026 03:34:31 GMT'
                }
              ],
              tagType: '#element',
              tagName: 'pubDate'
            },
            XMLElement {
              attributes: Map(0) {},
              children: [
                XMLElement {
                  attributes: Map(0) {},
                  children: [
                    XMLText {
                      tagType: '#text',
                      text: 'Launching SSH during early boot with mkinitfs'
                    }
                  ],
                  tagType: '#element',
                  tagName: 'title'
                },
                XMLElement {
                  attributes: Map(0) {},
                  children: [
                    XMLText {
                      tagType: '#text',
                      text: 'https://estrogen.zone/~mem/blog/1768406136'
                    }
                  ],
                  tagType: '#element',
                  tagName: 'link'
                },
                XMLElement {
                  attributes: Map(0) {},
                  children: [
                    XMLText {
                      tagType: '#text',
                      text: 'Replacing the early init with our own script to launch SSH, killing it in early userspace, and allowing remote disk decryption in the mean time'
                    }
                  ],
                  tagType: '#element',
                  tagName: 'description'
                },
                XMLElement {
                  attributes: Map(0) {},
                  children: [
                    XMLText {
                      tagType: '#text',
                      text: '7222e800'
                    }
                  ],
                  tagType: '#element',
                  tagName: 'author'
                },
                XMLElement {
                  attributes: Map(0) {},
                  children: [
                    XMLText {
                      tagType: '#text',
                      text: '1768406136'
                    }
                  ],
                  tagType: '#element',
                  tagName: 'guid'
                },
                XMLElement {
                  attributes: Map(0) {},
                  children: [
                    XMLText {
                      tagType: '#text',
                      text: 'Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:53:57 GMT'
                    }
                  ],
                  tagType: '#element',
                  tagName: 'published'
                }
              ],
              tagType: '#element',
              tagName: 'item'
            }
          ],
          tagType: '#element',
          tagName: 'channel'
        }
      ],
      tagType: '#element',
      tagName: 'rss'
    }
  ],
  tagType: '#document'
}
```

and this RSS:

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0"
  xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
  <channel>
    <title>
      Latest blog posts for 7222e800
    </title>
    <link>
      https://estrogen.zone/~mem/blog/
    </link>
    <description>
      Some Description
    </description>
    <pubDate>
      Mon, 26 Jan 2026 03:34:31 GMT
    </pubDate>
    <item>
      <title>
        Launching SSH during early boot with mkinitfs
      </title>
      <link>
        https://estrogen.zone/~mem/blog/1768406136
      </link>
      <description>
        Replacing the early init with our own script to launch SSH, killing it in early userspace, and allowing remote disk decryption in the mean time
      </description>
      <author>
        7222e800
      </author>
      <guid>
        1768406136
      </guid>
      <published>
        Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:53:57 GMT
      </published>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
```