RSS <textInput> element

Definition and usage

The <textInput> element specifies the text input field that should be displayed along with the feed.

Tips and notes

Note:Most aggregators ignore the <textInput> element.

Child element of <textInput>

Tag Description
<description> Required. Defines the description for the text input field.
<name> Required. Defines the name of the text object in the text input field.
<link> Required. Defines the URL of the CGI script that handles the text input.
<title> Required. Defines the label (text) for the submit button in the text input field.

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
  <title>CodeW3C.com Home Page</title>
  <link>http://www.codew3c.com</link>
  <description>Free web building tutorials</description>
  <textinput>
    <description>Search Google</description>
    <title>Search</title>
    <link>http://www.google.cn/search?</link>
    <name>q</name>
  </textinput>
  <item>
    <title>RSS Tutorial</title>
    <link>http://www.codew3c.com/rss</link>
    <description>New RSS tutorial on CodeW3C.com</description>
  </item>
</channel>
</rss>