Check for Missing Feed

Question

When I use RSS feed in my content, sometimes the feed is blank.  How do I print alternate content if the feed is blank?

Answer

If you have a template calling in an RSS feed, you may occasionally run into an issue where the Feed is missing for some reason.  To account for this, set the feed to a variable, and then test if the variable is blank, as follows:

%%set [VARIABLE] = {{rssobject [NAME].[ATTRIBUTE] [ENTRY_NUMBER]}}%%

%%if [VARIABLE] == "" then print "[STRING]" else print "##$[VARIABLE]##"%%

For example:

%%set rssTitleTester = {{rssobject myfeed.title 1}}%% %%set rssContentTester = {{rssobject myfeed.content 1}}%% %%if rssTitleTester == "" then print "Alternate Title" else print "##$rssTitleTester##"%%
%%if rssContentTester == "" then print "There is no new content at this time." else print "##$rssContentTester##"%%