how to parse rss xml?

Question

i am using below url for rss parsing. http://news.baidu.com/n?cmd=4&class=finannews&tn=rss

But it gives error code 31.Is it possible parsing this type of rss. If yes then plese give me idea about that.

I am using below code.

NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
        NSURL *xmlURL = [NSURL URLWithString:URL];      
        [xmlParser setClassName:className withRootName:rootName];
        [xmlParser setDelegate:xmlParser];
        [xmlParser setShouldProcessNamespaces:NO];
        [xmlParser setShouldReportNamespacePrefixes:NO];
        [xmlParser setShouldResolveExternalEntities:NO];
        [xmlParser parse];
        [m_delegate setData:xmlParser.message items:xmlParser.items];
        //[xmlParser release];
        [pool release];

Answer 1

since the feed is in Chinese the characters recognized are in some type of codes.

Try decoding those codes and feed will be parsed correspondingly

Answer 2

Use google-data-api for parsing of feeds like this. it will give you the relevant information in the form categorised data-structure. For your help I am posting some of the code that might give you some hint.

NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    NSURL *feedURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:url];
    NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:feedURL];
    GDataFeedBase *feedBase = [[GDataFeedBase alloc] initWithData:data];
    NSArray *linksArr = [feedBase links];
    if(feedArray == nil){
        [self setFeedArray:[NSMutableArray array]];
    }
    [feedArray addObjectsFromArray:[feedBase entries]];
    [feedBase release];
    [feedURL release];
    [pool release];

Now in the feed array you will have the relevant information.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Madhup