(Go) Read RSS Feed

Sample code showing how to read an RSS feed and emit the contents.

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    rss := chilkat.NewRss()

    // Download from the feed URL:
    success := rss.DownloadRss("http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rss.LastErrorText())
        rss.DisposeRss()
        return
    }

    // Get the 1st channel.
    rssChannel := rss.GetChannel(0)
    if rss.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println("No channel found in RSS feed.")
        rss.DisposeRss()
        return
    }

    // Display the various pieces of information about the channel:
    fmt.Println("Title: ", *rssChannel.GetString("title"))
    fmt.Println("Link: ", *rssChannel.GetString("link"))
    fmt.Println("Description: ", *rssChannel.GetString("description"))

    // For each item in the channel, display the title, link,
    // publish date, and categories assigned to the post.
    numItems := rssChannel.NumItems()
    var i int

    for i = 0; i <= numItems - 1; i++ {
        rssItem := rssChannel.GetItem(i)

        fmt.Println("----")
        fmt.Println("Title: ", *rssItem.GetString("title"))
        fmt.Println("Link: ", *rssItem.GetString("link"))
        fmt.Println("pubDate: ", *rssItem.GetString("pubDate"))

        numCategories := rssItem.GetCount("category")
        var j int
        if numCategories > 0 {
            for j = 0; j <= numCategories - 1; j++ {
                fmt.Println("    category: ", *rssItem.MGetString("category",j))
            }

        }

        rssItem.DisposeRss()
    }

    rssChannel.DisposeRss()

    rss.DisposeRss()