(Unicode C) Read RSS Feed

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

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#include <C_CkRssW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRssW rss;
    BOOL success;
    HCkRssW rssChannel;
    int numItems;
    int i;
    HCkRssW rssItem;
    int numCategories;
    int j;

    rss = CkRssW_Create();

    // Download from the feed URL:
    success = CkRssW_DownloadRss(rss,L"http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRssW_lastErrorText(rss));
        CkRssW_Dispose(rss);
        return;
    }

    // Get the 1st channel.
    rssChannel = CkRssW_GetChannel(rss,0);
    if (CkRssW_getLastMethodSuccess(rss) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"No channel found in RSS feed.\n");
        CkRssW_Dispose(rss);
        return;
    }

    // Display the various pieces of information about the channel:
    wprintf(L"Title: %s\n",CkRssW_getString(rssChannel,L"title"));
    wprintf(L"Link: %s\n",CkRssW_getString(rssChannel,L"link"));
    wprintf(L"Description: %s\n",CkRssW_getString(rssChannel,L"description"));

    // For each item in the channel, display the title, link,
    // publish date, and categories assigned to the post.
    numItems = CkRssW_getNumItems(rssChannel);

    for (i = 0; i <= numItems - 1; i++) {
        rssItem = CkRssW_GetItem(rssChannel,i);

        wprintf(L"----\n");
        wprintf(L"Title: %s\n",CkRssW_getString(rssItem,L"title"));
        wprintf(L"Link: %s\n",CkRssW_getString(rssItem,L"link"));
        wprintf(L"pubDate: %s\n",CkRssW_getString(rssItem,L"pubDate"));

        numCategories = CkRssW_GetCount(rssItem,L"category");

        if (numCategories > 0) {
            for (j = 0; j <= numCategories - 1; j++) {
                wprintf(L"    category: %s\n",CkRssW_mGetString(rssItem,L"category",j));
            }

        }

        CkRssW_Dispose(rssItem);
    }

    CkRssW_Dispose(rssChannel);


    CkRssW_Dispose(rss);

    }