(Mono C#) Read RSS Feed

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

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Chilkat.Rss rss = new Chilkat.Rss();

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

// Get the 1st channel.
Chilkat.Rss rssChannel = rss.GetChannel(0);
if (rss.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine("No channel found in RSS feed.");
    return;
}

// Display the various pieces of information about the channel:
Debug.WriteLine("Title: " + rssChannel.GetString("title"));
Debug.WriteLine("Link: " + rssChannel.GetString("link"));
Debug.WriteLine("Description: " + rssChannel.GetString("description"));

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

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

    Debug.WriteLine("----");
    Debug.WriteLine("Title: " + rssItem.GetString("title"));
    Debug.WriteLine("Link: " + rssItem.GetString("link"));
    Debug.WriteLine("pubDate: " + rssItem.GetString("pubDate"));

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

    }

}