RSS Feed

This is a simple code, which I have used to create my own RSS feed.

Creating the Feed

<code>public class RSSFeed
   {

       public static List CreateFeed()
       {
           var items = new List();
           var blogs = Models.Blog.Queries.BlogQuery.RenderActiveList();
           foreach(var blog in blogs)
           {


               var item = new SyndicationItem()
               {
                   Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
                   Title =  new TextSyndicationContent(blog.Title),
                   Content =  = new TextSyndicationContent(blog.Body, TextSyndicationContentKind.Html),
                   PublishDate = (DateTime)blog.PublishDate,
                    LastUpdatedTime  = (DateTime)blog.UpdateDate,
               };
               item.Links.Add(SyndicationLink.CreateAlternateLink(new Uri(String.Format("http://coopsblog.wales/blog/viewblog/{0}",blog.Name))));//Nothing alternate about it. It is the MAIN link for the item.
              //This is so code project can see it!http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/BlogFeed.aspx
  //This is simply, just so Code project can see my RSS feeds
               item.Categories.Add(new SyndicationCategory("CodeProject"));

               //Add my tags as categories
               string[] tags = blog.Tags.Split(',');
               foreach (string tag in tags)
                   item.Categories.Add(new SyndicationCategory(tag));

               items.Add(item);

           }

           return items;
       }


       public static List CreateFeedCP()
       {
           var items = new List();
           var blogs = Models.Blog.Queries.BlogQuery.RenderActiveList();


           return blogs;
       }
   }</code>

MVC View

This simply references the above code and returns it as an Action Result.

[HttpGet]
        public ActionResult RssFeed()
        {
            return new RssFeed("application/rss+xml", "Coopsblog", String.Format("A RSS feed to my blogs"),PrimaryCore.RSSFeed.CreateFeed());

        }