Fix SAXError handling: stop emitting error when resume_saxerror is true

README.md

@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ You can also check out this nice [working implementation](https://github.com/scr
   you should set the `feedurl` option. Otherwise, feel free to ignore this option.
 
 - `resume_saxerror` - Set to `false` to override Feedparser's default behavior, which
-  is to emit any `SAXError` on `error` and then automatically resume parsing. In
+  is to silently handle them and then automatically resume parsing. In
   my experience, `SAXErrors` are not usually fatal, so this is usually helpful
-  behavior. If you want total control over handling these errors and optionally
-  aborting parsing the feed, use this option.
+  behavior. If you prefer to abort parsing the feed when there's a `SAXError`,
+  set `resume_saxerror` to `false`, which will cause the `SAXError` to be emitted
+  on `error` and abort parsing.
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ Each readable chunk is an object representing an article in the feed.
 ### Events Emitted
 
 * `meta` - called with feed `meta` when it has been parsed
-* `error` - called with `error` whenever there is a Feedparser error of any kind (SAXError, Feedparser error, etc.)
+* `error` - called with `error` whenever there is a fatal Feedparser error. SAXErrors are only emitted here when `resume_saxerror` is `false`; otherwise they are silently collected in `feedparser.errors`.
 
 ## What is the parsed output produced by feedparser?
 

lib/feedparser/index.js

@@ -131,10 +131,11 @@ FeedParser.prototype.handleEnd = function (){
 
 /** @this {FeedParserInstance} */
 FeedParser.prototype.handleSaxError = function (e) {
-  this.emit('error', e);
-  if (this.options.resume_saxerror) {
-    this.resumeSaxError();
+  if (!this.options.resume_saxerror) {
+    return this.handleError(e);
   }
+  this.errors.push(e);
+  this.resumeSaxError();
 };
 
 /** @this {FeedParserInstance} */
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ FeedParser.prototype.resumeSaxError = function () {
 };
 
 /** @this {FeedParserInstance} */
-FeedParser.prototype.handleError = function (e){
+FeedParser.prototype.handleError = function (e) {
+  this.errors.push(e);
   this.emit('error', e);
 };
 

test/bad.js

@@ -67,4 +67,58 @@ describe('bad feeds', function(){
     });
 
   });
+
+  describe('SAXError handling', function () {
+
+    // The fixture is a valid RSS feed with an unescaped & in one item's link.
+    // strict: true is required because feedparser defaults to non-strict SAX mode.
+    var feed = __dirname + '/feeds/saxerror.xml';
+
+    describe('resume_saxerror: true (default)', function () {
+
+      it('should silently collect the error and continue parsing all items', function (done) {
+        var items = [];
+        var feedparser = new FeedParser({ strict: true });
+        fs.createReadStream(feed).pipe(feedparser);
+        feedparser.on('readable', function () {
+          var item;
+          while ((item = this.read())) items.push(item.title);
+        })
+        .on('error', function (err) {
+          done(err);
+        })
+        .on('end', function () {
+          assert.equal(feedparser.errors.length, 1);
+          assert.ok(feedparser.errors[0] instanceof Error);
+          assert.equal(items.length, 3);
+          assert.deepEqual(items, ['Good Item', 'Bad Item', 'Item After Error']);
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('resume_saxerror: false', function () {
+
+      it('should emit the SAXError and abort parsing', function (done) {
+        var items = [];
+        var feedparser = new FeedParser({ strict: true, resume_saxerror: false });
+        fs.createReadStream(feed).pipe(feedparser);
+        feedparser.on('readable', function () {
+          var item;
+          while ((item = this.read())) items.push(item.title);
+        })
+        .on('error', function (err) {
+          assert.ok(err instanceof Error);
+          assert.equal(feedparser.errors.length, 1);
+          assert.strictEqual(feedparser.errors[0], err);
+          // Only the item before the error should have been parsed
+          assert.deepEqual(items, ['Good Item']);
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
+    });
+
+  });
 });

test/feeds/saxerror.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+  <channel>
+    <title>SAXError Test Feed</title>
+    <link>http://example.com/</link>
+    <description>A feed with a SAX error in one item.</description>
+    <item>
+      <title>Good Item</title>
+      <link>http://example.com/good</link>
+      <description>This item is fine.</description>
+      <guid>http://example.com/good</guid>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <title>Bad Item</title>
+      <link>http://example.com/bad?foo=1&bar=2</link>
+      <description>This item has an unescaped ampersand in the link.</description>
+      <guid>http://example.com/bad</guid>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <title>Item After Error</title>
+      <link>http://example.com/after</link>
+      <description>This item comes after the SAX error.</description>
+      <guid>http://example.com/after</guid>
+    </item>
+  </channel>
+</rss>