Article:		Pull Parsing in C# and Java
Subject:		Returning a RSS Block
Date:		2006-10-20 06:15:41
From:		Niel Bornstein
Response to: Returning a RSS Block
The problem with this approach is that rssreader.RSSToHtml() does not return anything. It expects to place its output in the XmlWriter that is passed in. What you want to do is have the XmlWriter write to a StringWriter instead of the console: ... StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(sw); ... rssreader.RSSToHtml(reader, writer); return sw.ToString();

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• Returning a RSS Block
  2006-10-24 01:52:23 Phil_WBC [Reply]
  
  Thanks, this works perfectly. It's only returning one result (the top one) from the URL though, is it possible to return more?
  
  
  • Returning a RSS Block
    2006-10-25 08:28:24 Niel Bornstein [Reply]
    
    That could be a problem with the specific RSS feed or some bug in my code. RSS is really under-specified, so there's no way a small snippet like this could handle all the variants that are out there. Your best bet is find another RSS library that handles everything gracefully.
    
    
    • Returning a RSS Block
      2006-10-25 09:08:26 Phil_WBC [Reply]
      
      Oh, OK. It seems to do the same for all RSS Feeds, just display the top item.