diff --git a/dom.d b/dom.d
index 71b1b2d..8fd451c 100644
--- a/dom.d
+++ b/dom.d
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bool isConvenientAttribute(string name) {
 class Document : FileResource {
 	/// Convenience method for web scraping. Requires [arsd.http2] to be
 	/// included in the build as well as [arsd.characterencodings].
-	static Document fromUrl()(string url) {
+	static Document fromUrl()(string url, bool strictMode = false) {
 		import arsd.http2;
 		auto client = new HttpClient();
 
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ class Document : FileResource {
 		auto res = req.waitForCompletion();
 
 		auto document = new Document();
-		document.parseGarbage(cast(string) res.content);
+		if(strictMode) {
+			document.parse(cast(string) res.content, true, true, res.contentTypeCharset);
+		} else {
+			document.parseGarbage(cast(string) res.content);
+		}
 
 		return document;
 	}
diff --git a/http2.d b/http2.d
index 634780f..e179516 100644
--- a/http2.d
+++ b/http2.d
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ struct HttpResponse {
 	string contentType; /// The content type header
 	string location; /// The location header
 
+	/// the charset out of content type, if present. `null` if not.
+	string contentTypeCharset() {
+		auto idx = contentType.indexOf("charset=");
+		if(idx == -1)
+			return null;
+		auto c = contentType[idx + "charset=".length .. $].strip;
+		if(c.length)
+			return c;
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	string[string] cookies; /// Names and values of cookies set in the response.
 
 	string[] headers; /// Array of all headers returned.
diff --git a/rss.d b/rss.d
index f05c24f..f52484b 100644
--- a/rss.d
+++ b/rss.d
@@ -440,10 +440,15 @@ auto test1 = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 
 	{
 		auto e = parseRss(test1);
-		assert(e.items.length = 6);
+		assert(e.items.length == 6);
 		assert(e.items[$-1].title == "Yournamehere.com more important than anything", e.items[$-1].title);
 		assert(e.items[0].title == "Giving the world a pluggable Gnutella");
+		assert(e.items[0].link == "http://writetheweb.com/read.php?item=24");
 		assert(e.image.url == "http://writetheweb.com/images/mynetscape88.gif");
+
+		auto df = e.toGenericFeed();
+		assert(df.items.length == 6);
+		assert(df.items[0].link == "http://writetheweb.com/read.php?item=24");
 	}
 
 auto test2 = `<?xml version="1.0"?>
@@ -644,4 +649,59 @@ auto testAtom1 = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 		assert(e.entries[0].content.html.length > 10);
 	}
 
+	{
+		auto xml = `<rss version="2.0">
+			<channel>
+			<title>NYT > World News</title>
+			<link>
+			https://www.nytimes.com/section/world?emc=rss&amp;partner=rss
+			</link>
+			<atom:link href="https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
+			<description/>
+			<language>en-us</language>
+			<copyright>Copyright 2019 The New York Times Company</copyright>
+			<lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:15:41 +0000</lastBuildDate>
+			<image>
+			<title>NYT > World News</title>
+			<url>
+			https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png
+			</url>
+			<link>
+			https://www.nytimes.com/section/world?emc=rss&amp;partner=rss
+			</link>
+			</image>
+			<item>
+			<title>
+			France Is Hit by Second Day of Pension Strikes as Unions Dig In
+			</title>
+			<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/france-pension-strike-macron.html?emc=rss&amp;partner=rss</link>
+			<guid isPermaLink="true">
+			https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/france-pension-strike-macron.html
+			</guid>
+			<atom:link href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/france-pension-strike-macron.html?emc=rss&amp;partner=rss" rel="standout"/>
+			<description>
+			Transportation was severely disrupted in Paris and other cities, a day after huge protests over government plans to overhaul pensions. Unions are planning more protests next week.
+			</description>
+			<dc:creator>Aurelien Breeden</dc:creator>
+			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
+			<category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_geo">France</category>
+			<category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Demonstrations, Protests and Riots</category>
+			<category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Pensions and Retirement Plans</category>
+			<category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Politics and Government</category>
+			<category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Strikes</category>
+			<category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_per">Macron, Emmanuel (1977- )</category>
+			<media:content height="151" medium="image" url="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/12/06/world/06france-strikes/merlin_165509820_476d5340-3717-4fbb-b187-097ae7718e48-moth.jpg" width="151"/>
+			<media:credit>Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Associated Press</media:credit>
+			<media:description>
+			A deserted Gare de Lyon train station in Paris on Friday. Unions are aiming for a protracted strike.
+			</media:description>
+			</item></channel></rss>`;
+
+			auto e = parseRss(xml);
+			assert(e.items[0].link == "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/france-pension-strike-macron.html?emc=rss&partner=rss", e.items[0].link);
+
+			auto gf = e.toGenericFeed();
+			assert(gf.items[0].link == "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/france-pension-strike-macron.html?emc=rss&partner=rss", e.items[0].link);
+	}
+
 }