isvalid rss feed url

Question

Before adding a rss feed url to the database, how can i check and make sure that it a valid rss url.

via vb.net code. Please let me know.

Answer 1

Have a look at this

Validate a URL in Visual Basic .NET

Answer 2

The easiest way to find whether a URL is a valid RSS URL is to go there and check what you get. Use a WebRequest to fetch the URL, and see if what you get back is a valid RSS file (i.e. is it XML? if so, does it have the elements you expect it to have? (namely posts))