cffeed: Atom problem

[JamesBrasel]

I'm trying to create an Atom feed using cffeed (funny that all of the examples on the internet use RSS).  If I leave out "content", the feed is created fine, but of course with no content.  I have the following cfscript:

s.entry.content = StructNew();

s.entry.content.value = posts.post_body;

(s is the struct I'm passing to cffeed, entry is the array that contains all of my entries using index i)

But I get the following error:

content should be a Array.

So I go ahead and change it to this:

s.entry.content = ArrayNew(1);
s.entry.content[1] = posts.post_body;

And now I get this error:

content should be a Struct.

So which is it, ColdFusion?  An array or a struct?

[BKBK]

It was perhaps your intention to do something like this:

<!--- s is a struct, entry an array --->
<cfset s.entry = arrayNew(1)>

<!--- initialize each element in the entry array as a struct --->
<cfloop index="i">
    <cfset s.entry=structNew()>
</cfloop>

<!--- content, title are keys in a struct --->
<cfset s.entry[1].content="content_1">
<cfset s.entry[2].content="content_2">
<cfset s.entry[3].content="content_3">

etc., etc.

<cfset s.entry[1].title="title_1">
<cfset s.entry[2].title="title_2">
<cfset s.entry[3].title="title_3">
etc., etc.

<!--- more generally, in a loop --->
<cfloop index="k"
    <cfset s.entry.content=posts.post_body>

    <cfset s.entry.title=posts.post_title>

    etc., etc.
</cfloop>

[JamesBrasel]

Thanks, but just setting content equal to a string was the first thing I tried.  I had:

for (i = 1; i <= posts.RecordCount; i++)

{

     ...

     s.entry.content = posts.post_body;

     ...

}

And I get the error:

content should be a Array.

[BKBK]

Then posts.post_body is probably an array!

[JamesBrasel]

posts.post_body is definitely a string, plus, even if I try the following:

s.entry.content = "My String";

I still get:

content should be a Array.

On the line in which the feed should be created.

[BKBK]

Problem clear. What if we go back, and give it what it wants, like  this

s.entry[1].content = ArrayNew(1);
s.entry[1].content[1].value =  posts.post_body[1];

[JamesBrasel]

Thanks!  It's working now!

When I tried the code you gave me, I got the following error:

The  element at position 1 cannot be found.

However, this was easily fixed by doing the following:

s.entry.content = ArrayNew(1);
s.entry.content[1] =  StructNew();
s.entry.content[1].value = posts.post_body;

[BKBK]

Finally. Good for you! Mark that you've answered the question, for fellow developers searching for an answer to the same problem.

[JamesBrasel]

Hmm, you can't make your own post the correct answer?

[BKBK]

That's true. I meant you should mark it as answered, which you've done.