(Swift 3,4,5...) Read RSS Feed

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

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func chilkatTest() {
    let rss = CkoRss()!

    // Download from the feed URL:
    var success: Bool = rss.downloadRss("http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml")
    if success != true {
        print("\(rss.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Get the 1st channel.
    var rssChannel: CkoRss? = rss.getChannel(0)
    if rss.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("No channel found in RSS feed.")
        return
    }

    // Display the various pieces of information about the channel:
    print("Title: \(rssChannel!.getString("title")!)")
    print("Link: \(rssChannel!.getString("link")!)")
    print("Description: \(rssChannel!.getString("description")!)")

    // For each item in the channel, display the title, link,
    // publish date, and categories assigned to the post.
    var numItems: Int = rssChannel!.numItems.intValue
    var i: Int

    for i = 0; i <= numItems - 1; i++ {
        var rssItem: CkoRss? = rssChannel!.getItem(i)

        print("----")
        print("Title: \(rssItem!.getString("title")!)")
        print("Link: \(rssItem!.getString("link")!)")
        print("pubDate: \(rssItem!.getString("pubDate")!)")

        var numCategories: Int = rssItem!.getCount("category").intValue
        var j: Int
        if numCategories > 0 {
            for j = 0; j <= numCategories - 1; j++ {
                print("    category: \(rssItem!.mGet("category", index: j)!)")
            }

        }

        rssItem = nil
    }

    rssChannel = nil

}