AMPScript for product grid created from RSS feed

Question

We would like to populate a product grid pulled from an product category RSS feed. Below is code pulled from the help doc for using RSS feed in email.

Within the grid we need to include product's (title, image & link) for product positions 1-9 from the RSS feed (see link inside AMPScript).

From the "help" code, we've also added image + inserted a dynamic date statement %%=Format(Now(),"MM-dd-yyyy")=%% to update tracking parameters.

Content Area

%%before; httpget; 1 "http://www.nastygal.com/feed/clothes"%%

AMPScript

%%[

Var @xml, @titles, @title, @descs, @desc, @links, @link, @cnt

/* This line specifies the content area from which the RSS content will be pulled for the email message. */
Set @xml = ContentAreaByName("my contents\newarrivals_clothes_9") 

Set @titles = BuildRowsetFromXML(@xml,"//item/title",1)
Set @links = BuildRowsetFromXML(@xml,"//item/link",1)
Set @images = BuildRowsetFromXML(@xml,"//item/img",1)

If RowCount(@titles) > 9 THEN
     SET @rows = 9
ELSE
    SET @rows = RowCount(@titles)
ENDIF

IF @rows >= 1 THEN

    for @cnt = 1 to @rows do

        Set @title = Field(Row(@titles,@cnt),"Value")
        Set @desc = Field(Row(@descs,@cnt), "Value")
        Set @link = Field(Row(@links,@cnt), "Value")
        Set @image = Field(Row(@images,@cnt), "Value") 

        ]%%

        <div style="border: 1px solid #444; background-color: #F7F7F7; margin: 0.76em 0; padding: 0.76em;">
            <h1 style="font: bold normal 1.0em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
                <a href="%%=RedirectTo(@link)=%%" alias="%%=v(@title)="%%" title="%%=v(@title)=%% style="color: #000;">%%=v(@title)=%%</a>
            </h1>
            <span style="font: normal normal 0.76em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #444;">
                %%=v(@desc)=%%
            </span>
        </div>

    %%[ NEXT @cnt ]%%

%%[ ENDIF ]%%

QUESTION

Based on what we have, will the AMPScript understand appropriate values to pull in from RSS?

Did we insert @image correctly?

Answer 1

No. The XPath values in your BuildRowSetFromXML() functions don't match your RSS feed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
   <author>
      <name>Nasty Gal</name>
   </author>
   <id>Nasty Gal: clothes</id>
   <title>clothes</title>
   <updated>2015-08-05T02:33:12+00:00</updated>
   <entry>
      <id>$158.00</id>
      <link href="http://www.nastygal.com/clothes/nasty-gal-hear-me-rawr-moto-jacket" />
      <summary>http://i.ngimg.com/resources/nastygal/images/products/processed/56657.0.browse-l.jpg</summary>
      <title>Nasty Gal Hear Me Rawr Moto Jacket</title>
      <updated>2015-08-05T02:33:12+00:00</updated>
      <dc:date>2015-08-05T02:33:12+00:00</dc:date>
   </entry>
   <entry>
      <id>$200.00</id>
      <link href="http://www.nastygal.com/clothes/nasty-gal-easy-rider-leather-skirt" />
      <summary>http://i.ngimg.com/resources/nastygal/images/products/processed/54770.0.browse-l.jpg</summary>
      <title>Nasty Gal Easy Rider Leather Skirt</title>
      <updated>2015-08-05T02:33:12+00:00</updated>
      <dc:date>2015-08-05T02:33:12+00:00</dc:date>
   </entry>
</feed>

If you want the links, titles and images, you'll need to reference them via XPATH with //entry/title, //entry/link and //entry/summary:

%%[

/* other AMPScript */

Set @titles = BuildRowsetFromXML(@xml,"//entry/title",1)
Set @links = BuildRowsetFromXML(@xml,"//entry/link",1)
Set @images = BuildRowsetFromXML(@xml,"//entry/summary",1)

/* other AMPScript*/
]%%

You'll probably want to output the image in your for loop, also:

<div style="border: 1px solid #444; background-color: #F7F7F7; margin: 0.76em 0; padding: 0.76em;">

    <a href="%%=RedirectTo(@link)=%%" alias="%%=v(@title)="%%" title="%%=v(@title)=%%>
        <img style="display:block;" src="%%=v(@image)=%%"/>
    </a>

    <h1 style="font: bold normal 1.0em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
        <a href="%%=RedirectTo(@link)=%%" alias="%%=v(@title)="%%" title="%%=v(@title)=%% style="color: #000;">%%=v(@title)=%%</a>
    </h1>

    <span style="font: normal normal 0.76em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #444;">
        %%=v(@desc)=%%
    </span>

</div>