How do I add an image to an item in RSS 2.0?

Question

Is there a way to send only an Image with a link and some alt text for each item in an RSS feed?

I looked at the enclosure tag but this is only for videos

Answer 1

Regarding the <p> tag issue, You need to encode html within the xml.

Your code would look something like this:

<description>&lt;p&gt; Text in the tag &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Answer 2

You should use the enclosure tag within item to include the image. You can use it for images by setting the correct Mime Type (for example: image/jpeg) and including the image size as the "length" attribute. The length attribute doesn't need to be completely accurate but it's required for the RSS to be considered valid.

Here's a helpful article that discusses this and other options.

Answer 3

Example in Rome tools (https://rometools.github.io/rome/)

Item item = new Item();

Enclosure enclosure = new Enclosure();

String imageUrl = "...";
enclosure.setUrl(imageUrl);

// set corect image type
enclosure.setType("image/jpeg");

List<Enclosure> enclosureList = List.of(enclosure);

item.setEnclosures(enclosureList);