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How do you use it?

Using this library is very simple! Just use the Syndian.Instance namespace in any piece of code you want to use the library, as in: using Syndian.Instance;

First, create a new instance of the RSSFeed class that contains the necessary constructor.

public RSSFeed(string FeedUrl, RSSFeedType FeedType)

Then, call either Refresh() or RefreshAsync() to get the latest information about your feed, depending on the scenario. If you're either doing web development, or you're developing in an asynchronous program, call the RefreshAsync() function where appropriate.

The constructor provides the following required arguments:

  • FeedUrl: specifies the URL to the RSS feed, for example, https://www.techrepublic.com/rssfeeds/articles/

  • FeedType: specifies the feed type to parse

    • RSS2: Assumes that the RSS feed in the given URL is an RSS 2 feed

    • RSS1: Assumes that the RSS feed in the given URL is an RSS 1 feed

    • Atom: Assumes that the RSS feed in the given URL is an Atom feed

    • Infer: Automatically detects the RSS feed type

For the RSS feed info, RSSFeed contains the following properties:

  • FeedUrl: URL to the feed

  • FeedType: Feed type as described above

  • FeedTitle: Feed title provided by the host

  • FeedDescription: Feed description provided by the host

  • FeedArticles: List of feed articles

FeedArticles is a list of feed articles, RSSArticle, that you can enumerate within the for loop, for example:

var feed = new RSSFeed("feedurl", RSSFeedType.Infer);
foreach (RSSArticle article in feed.FeedArticles)
{

}

This class contains the following properties:

  • ArticleTitle: Title of the article

  • ArticleLink: Link to the article

  • ArticleDescription: Description or summary of the article

  • ArticleVariables: Additional article parameters

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