A CORS-enabled HTTP endpoint that fetches and parses the Kerala NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) RSS feed for weather alerts and disaster warnings.

• ✅ CORS enabled for cross-origin requests
• ✅ Fetches real-time data from Kerala NDMA RSS feed
• ✅ Parses XML and returns structured JSON
• ✅ Error handling with proper HTTP status codes
• ✅ Includes metadata like fetch timestamp and item count

GET /

{
  "channel": {
    "title": "Kerala NDMA RSS Feed",
    "description": "",
    "link": "https://sachet.ndma.gov.in/cap_public_website/rss/rss_kerala.xml"
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "Weather alert title",
      "description": "Alert description (if available)",
      "link": "Link to detailed alert",
      "pubDate": "Publication date",
      "guid": "Unique identifier (if available)"
    }
  ],
  "totalItems": 52,
  "fetchedAt": "2025-05-27T08:27:27.958Z"
}

The API includes the following CORS headers:

• Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
• Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS
• Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Content-Type, Authorization

If the RSS feed is unavailable or there's a parsing error, the API returns:

{
  "error": "Failed to fetch RSS feed",
  "message": "Detailed error message"
}

This API fetches data from: https://sachet.ndma.gov.in/cap_public_website/rss/rss_kerala.xml

The RSS feed contains weather alerts, disaster warnings, and emergency notifications for Kerala state in India, published by the National Disaster Management Authority.

fetch('https://your-val-town-url.web.val.run/')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => {
    console.log(`Found ${data.totalItems} alerts`);
    data.items.forEach(item => {
      console.log(item.title);
    });
  });

curl -X GET https://your-val-town-url.web.val.run/

• Built with TypeScript for Val Town
• Simple XML parsing using regex (no external dependencies)
• Handles both CDATA and regular text content
• Supports preflight OPTIONS requests for CORS
• Returns proper HTTP status codes (200 for success, 500 for errors)