---
title: roRssArticle
slug: develop/rorssarticle
docTags: 
createdAt: 2025-03-11T07:07:18.732Z
---

Objects of type *roRssArticle* are returned by the *roRssParser.GetNextArticle()* method. These instances can be passed to the *roTextWidget* object to display the feed on-screen.

## ifRssArticle

### GetTitle() As String

Returns the title of the RSS item.

### GetDescription() As String

Returns the content of the RSS item.

### GetTimestampInSeconds(a As Integer) As Boolean

Returns in seconds the difference in publication date between this RSS item and the most recent item in the feed. The user can utilize this to decide if an article is too old to display.

### SetTitle(a As String) As Boolean

### SetDescription(a As String) As Boolean

### SetTimestampInSeconds(a As Integer) As Boolean

:::hint{type="danger"}
For firmware versions 4.7.x and above, if no alpha value is specified when *roTextWidget.SetForegroundColor()* is called, the text widget area will appear blank.
:::

### Example

```text
u=CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")
u.SetUrl("http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3208,1-0,0.xml")
u.GetToFile("tmp:/rss.xml")
 
r=CreateObject("roRssParser")
r.ParseFile("tmp:/rss.xml")
 
EnableZoneSupport(1)
b=CreateObject("roRectangle", 0, 668, 1024, 100)
t=CreateObject("roTextWidget", b, 3, 2, 2)
t.SetForegroundColor(&hFFD0D0D0)
t.Show()
 
a = r.GetNextArticle()
while type(a) = "roRssArticle"
       t.PushString(a.GetDescription())
       sleep(1000)
       a = r.GetNextArticle()
end while
 
while true
       sleep(1000)
end while
```