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RSS Feed Aggregator and Blogging Smart Client

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RSS Feed aggregator and blogging Smart Client which uses Enterprise Library, Updater Application Block, lots of XML hacks and desktop tricks. A comprehensive guide to real life hurdles of Smart Client development.
// Copyright � 2005 by Omar Al Zabir. All rights are reserved.
// 
// If you like this code then feel free to go ahead and use it.
// The only thing I ask is that you don't remove or alter my copyright notice.
//
// Your use of this software is entirely at your own risk. I make no claims or
// warrantees about the reliability or fitness of this code for any particular purpose.
// If you make changes or additions to this code please mark your code as being yours.
// 
// website http://www.oazabir.com, email OmarAlZabir@gmail.com, msn oazabir@hotmail.com
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Collections;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Sgml;
namespace RSSBlogAPI
{
	using RSSCommon;
	using RSSCommon.Helper;

	/// <summary>
	/// Provides weblogging features
	/// </summary>
	[XmlRoot("weblogProvider")]
	[Serializable]
	public class WebLogProvider
	{
		public const string MD5_HASH_PROVIDER = "MD5CryptoServiceProvider";
		public readonly static WebLogProvider Instance = new WebLogProvider();

		public WebLogProvider() {}

		private ArrayList _WebLogs = new ArrayList();

		[XmlArray("weblogs"), XmlArrayItem("weblog", typeof(WebLog)) ]
		public ArrayList WebLogs
		{
			get { return _WebLogs; }
			set { _WebLogs = value; }
		}

		
		/// <summary>
		/// Load web log configurations
		/// </summary>
		public static void LoadWebLogs()
		{
			string webLogConfigPath = Path.Combine( ApplicationSettings.ApplicationDataPath, "weblogs.xml" );
			if( File.Exists( webLogConfigPath ) )
			{
				using( FileStream stream = new FileStream( webLogConfigPath, FileMode.Open ) )
				{
					WebLogProvider.Instance.WebLogs = SerializationHelper.DeserializeArraylist( stream, typeof( WebLog ) );
				}
			}
		}

		public static void SaveWebLogs()
		{	
			string webLogConfigPath = Path.Combine( ApplicationSettings.ApplicationDataPath, "weblogs.xml" );
			using( FileStream stream = new FileStream( webLogConfigPath, FileMode.Create ) )
			{
				SerializationHelper.Serialize( stream, WebLogProvider.Instance.WebLogs, typeof( WebLog ) );				
			}
		}

/*

		public void NewPost( WebLog log, Form parent )
		{
			using( PostForm form = new PostForm( ) )
			{
				form.SetWebLog( log );
				if( DialogResult.OK == form.ShowDialog( parent ) )
				{
					// Make a post
				}
			}
		}
		
		public bool EditWebLog(WebLog log, Form parent)
		{
			using( WebLogEditor form = new WebLogEditor() )
			{
				form.EditWebLog(log);

				if( DialogResult.OK == form.ShowDialog(parent) )
				{
					return true;
				}
			}

			return false;
		}
*/

		public string PostBlog( WebLog log, Post post )
		{
			this.FilterHtml( post );

			return this.GetBlogEngine( log ).PostItem( post );
		}

		private void FilterHtml( Post post )
		{
			if( post.Text.IndexOf("</") > 0 )
			{
				
				HtmlReader reader = new HtmlReader(post.Text); 
				reader.DocType ="HTML"; 
				
				StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
				StringWriter writer = new StringWriter( builder );
				HtmlWriter w = new HtmlWriter(writer);
				
				// Set properties to filter out content
				w.FilterOutput = true;
				//w.AllowedAttributes = Configuration.Instance.AllowedAttributes;
				//w.AllowedTags = Configuration.Instance.AllowedTags;
				w.ReduceConsecutiveSpace = true;
				w.RemoveNewlines = true;

				reader.Read();

				// On this is on, we write to output
				bool writerOn = false;

				while(!reader.EOF)
				{
					if( null != reader.Name )
					{
						// If body tag starts, we turn on the writer to write inside body tag
						if( "body" == reader.Name.ToLower() )
						{
							if( reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element )
								writerOn = true;
							else
								writerOn = false;							

							reader.Read(); // skip the body tag
						}

						if( writerOn )
						{
							w.WriteNode( reader, false );
						}
						else
							reader.Read();
					}
					else
					{
						reader.Read();
					}
				} 
				
				w.Flush();
				w.Close(); 
				
				post.Text = builder.ToString();
			}
		}

		/*
		public WebLog AddNewWeblog(Form parent)
		{
			using( WebLogEditor form = new WebLogEditor() )
			{
				if( DialogResult.OK == form.ShowDialog(parent) )
				{
					WebLog newWebLog = form.NewWebLog;
					_WebLogs.Add( newWebLog );
					return newWebLog;
				}
			}

			return null;
		}

		public void DeleteWebLog(WebLog log)
		{
			_WebLogs.Remove( log );
		}
		*/

		public void Test(WebLog log)
		{
			GetBlogEngine(log).Test();
		}

		public Category[] GetCategories(WebLog log)
		{
			return GetBlogEngine(log).GetCategories();
		}

		private BlogAPIBase GetBlogEngine( WebLog log )
		{
			BlogAPIBase api;
			if( log.Engine == EngineEnum.DotText )
			{
				api = new DotTextAPI();
			}
			else if( log.Engine == EngineEnum.CommunityServer )
			{
				api = new CommunityServerAPI();
			}
			else // if( log.Engine == EngineEnum.MetablogAPI )
			{
				api = new MetaWeblog( log );
			}

			api.Url = log.ServiceUrl;
			api.Username = log.UserName;

			// Decrypt password
			string password = RSSCommon.PropertyEditor.PasswordEditor.PasswordProvider.Decrypt( log.Password );

			if( log.SendPasswordHashed )
			{
				api.Password = RSSCommon.PropertyEditor.PasswordEditor.PasswordProvider.Hash( password );
			}
			else
			{
				api.Password = password;
			}
			
			api.BlogId = log.BlogId;
				
			if( Configuration.Instance.ProxyName.Length > 0 ) 
			{
				api.ProxyServer = new System.Net.WebProxy( 
					Configuration.Instance.ProxyName, 
					Configuration.Instance.ProxyPort );
			

				if( Configuration.Instance.ProxyUserName.Length > 0 ) 
				{
					string proxyPassword = RSSCommon.PropertyEditor.PasswordEditor.PasswordProvider.Decrypt( Configuration.Instance.ProxyUserPassword );

					api.ProxyServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential( 
						Configuration.Instance.ProxyUserName, proxyPassword );
				}
			}
			else
			{
				api.ProxyServer = System.Net.WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy();
			}

			return api;
		}
	}

}

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