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Dealing with XML errors in RSS feeds using SyndicationFeed.Load

When reading in a 3rd party RSS feed an XMLException is thrown due to an invalid DateTime in the feed XML. How can I handle this more robustly. For example, is there a way to catch the exception, identify the problematic element and deal with it (e.g. insert a placeholder) and continue the load? ...

Translating itunes affiliate rss via xslt

I can't get this working for the life of me. Here is a snippet of the xml I get from an RSS feed from itunes affiliate. I want top print the values within tags but I cannot for some reason: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <feed xmlns:im="http://itunes.apple.com/rss" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"> ...

RSS-reader in Ajax: Help with code, what's wrong/missing?

Hi! I'm learning Ajax currently, and I use "Sams Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 minutes". I've learnt much, and understand Ajax basically. The book writes code-examples and go through the code bit by bit to explain what each bit does. However. In this code there is something wrong written by the author, and I don't know what.. Here is the co...

Google gadget to read https rss feeds?

Anyone run across a Google Gadget RSS reader that can read https feeds? I haven't been able to find any, and I'm not sure if this is because a) I'm the only one that needs one and/or b) there is something nasty about the browser security model here that I'll find out if I try to roll my own. Thanks much in advance. ...

How to successfully Rewrite a URL with .htaccess

Hello. I am trying to rewrite mysite.com/broadcasts to mysite.com/feed so that it will show up in the location bar as "broadcasts" but actually go to /feed. Here is what I have in the .htaccess file: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^broadcasts(/)?$ /feed/ </IfModule> But this isn't working... I get a 4...

publish XML using WCF

Hi, I want to publish some data as XML from a SQL Server database using a WCF service to a location on our content delivery network. (www.somelocation-on-cdn/myxml.xml) This data which is published as XML will have to be updated at an interval of time. I was thinking of writing a WCF service to return the data required, create a RSS r...

Issue parsing RSS xml

Hello, I'm having an issue using Linq to XML parsing the following XML. What I am doing is getting the element checking if it's what I want, then moving to the next. I am pretty sure it has to do with the xmlns, but I need this code to work with both this style and normal style RSS feeds (no xmlns). Any ideas? <?xml version="1.0" enc...

What happens after a packet is captured?

Hi all, I've been reading about what happens after packets are captured by NICs, and the more I read, the more I'm confused. Firstly, I've read that traditionally, after a packet is captured by the NIC, it gets copied to a block of memory in the kernel space, then to the user space for whatever application that then works on the packet...

Securing Elmah RSS Feeds in ASP.NET website

I followed the answer to this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1245364/securing-elmah-in-asp-net-website to restrict access to the elmah handler. However, it seems that adding an RSS feed to Outlook for the URL elmah.axd/rss or elmah.axd/digestrss bypasses the authentication. What's the point of securing the handler if someone...

Does JFeed support RSS images?

I've had a look at JFeed's readme and it doesn't mention anyway to get to an RSS item's image: JFeedItem properties * item.title * item.link * item.description * item.updated * item.id Does anyone know a way to parse these images? ...

Parsing RSS2 In PHP

I'm trying to get content from an RSS2 feed from one of my sites and use it in another site. The feed is here. And the code I'm using is taken from this nice site and has been modified like the following: $doc = new DOMDocument(); $doc->load('http://tripleax.com/john/?feed=rss2'); $arrFeeds = array(); foreach ($doc->getElementsByTagNa...

ASP.NET C# Write RSS feed for Froogle

Hi, I'm trying to create a RSS 2.0 feed in ASP.NET C# with products to provide to Froogle. The RSS feed should look like: http://www.google.com/support/merchants/bin/answer.py?answer=160589&amp;hl=en I'm using the SyndicationFeed and SyndicationsItems to create the feed. But I'm having trouble adding the extra elements like g:image_l...

Parsing external XML file with C#, what's the most aesthetic way?

Hi, say there is an xml file, which not created by me, with a known schema (for example, rss). how would you parse it with C#? would you do that manually by XDocument etc, or would you use XMLSerializer and create a correspond class? or would you use Visual Studio tools to generate classes using a dtd file (that you'll write). what do...

Retrieving Raw Data From RSS Feeds

I am trying to retrieve and use the raw data from RSS feeds. For example, trying to take a Yahoo Live Sports Scores RSS feed and taking the information and storing it in a database or displaying it on my web page for the games at interest. What is the best way to do this? I would prefer to use PHP to do this. Thank you in advance for...

Processing RSS/RDF via xml.dom.minidom

I'm trying to process a delicious rss feed via python. Here's a sample: ... <item rdf:about="http://weblist.me/"&gt; <title>WebList - The Place To Find The Best List On The Web</title> <dc:date>2009-12-24T17:46:14Z</dc:date> <link>http://weblist.me/&lt;/link&gt; ... </item> <item rdf:about="http://thumboo.com/"&gt...

How to add ads to the end of RSS on wordpress?

I have added a function to functions.php on my theme. function insertAds($content) { $content = $content.' add goes here'; return $content;} add_filter('the_content_feed', 'insertAds'); add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'insertAds'); The problem is that I'm having the add displayed under each content, and not at the end of the rss page...

Can you do RSS feeds on a local server? (PHP)

I am using XAMPP and was wondering if I can code my site to include RSS feeds. Would the codes work and can I test it if I am working on a local server? I am practicing using the OReily head First PHP/Mysql book and I'm on the chapter on RSS and getting RSS videos from youtube. ...

Best way to fetch remote RSS through authenticated proxy and parse it

I'm trying to get a remote RSS through proxy and parse it. I'm using magpierss, but it doesn't allow reaching internet through a proxy (or I don't know how to do it). I assume the option is to, first, fetch the rss with curl functions, that allows proxy authenticating, but .... are there any class to do this in a easy way, or ... does...

Link to external URL in post title of RSS feed in WordPress.

I have it currently so that my post title links to an external URL using the following code in my index.php file. <h1><a href="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'external-link', true); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><small>★</small></a></</h1> I'd like to have the title of my RSS feed to do the same...

How to produce a merged RSS feed (from DokuWiki and Serendipity)

Hi, I've got an application developed on top of DokuWiki. I'd like to provide a 'News' page providing the latest updates from the internal RSS feed, some other feeds maintained in Serendipity and potentially other locations. Although its trivial to attach feed parsers to each one individually, I'd like to aggregate this into a single l...