fix(core): update

ts/index.ts

@@ -7,12 +7,38 @@ export class Smartfeed {
     return feedVersion;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * creates a feed from a standardized article object (@tsclass/tsclass).content.IArticle
+   */
+  public async createFeedFromArticleArray(optionsArg: IFeedOptions, articleArray: plugins.tsclass.content.IArticle[]): Promise<string> {
+    const feed = this.createFeed(optionsArg);
+    for (const article of articleArray) {
+      feed.addItem({
+        authorName: `${article.author.firstName} ${article.author.surName}`,
+        timestamp: article.timestamp,
+        imageUrl: article.featuredImageUrl,
+        title: article.title,
+        url: article.url
+      });
+    }
+    const feedXmlString = feed.exportRssFeedString();
+    return feedXmlString;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * allows the parsing of a rss feed string
+   * @param rssFeedString
+   */
   public async parseFeedFromString(rssFeedString: string) {
     const parser = new plugins.rssParser();
     const resultingFeed = await parser.parseString(rssFeedString);
     return resultingFeed;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * allows the parsing of a feed from urls
+   * @param urlArg
+   */
   public async parseFeedFromUrl(urlArg: string) {
     const parser = new plugins.rssParser();
     const resultingFeed = await parser.parseURL(urlArg);

ts/smartfeed.plugins.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+// tsclass scope
+import * as tsclass from '@tsclass/tsclass';
+
+export {
+  tsclass
+};
+
 // third party scope
 import rssParser from 'rss-parser';
 import * as feed from 'feed';