Reading an xml feed Question Please help

[vbMarkO]

I wasn't sure where else to put this question....

 

Here is what I am wanting to do.

 

I have a Blog feed of which I am wanting to read .....

 

Here is how this blog works... its an artist blog... I'm the artist.... I am wanting to read the xml feed at http://mbstudiosdailypaintings.blogspot.com/atom.xml and within each post on the blog is a image ... I am wanting to get the image and add it to a gallery to be viewed on a web page.

 

So each new image automatically add it to the gallery.

 

vbMarkO

[MrPaul]

WebRequest and WebResponse

 

There are three parts to this - downloading the XML feed, parsing the XML, and downloading the images. I suggest using the WebRequest and WebResponse classes:

 

WebRequest      webReq;
WebResponse     webResp;
XmlDocument     xDoc;
Image           dlImage;

webReq = WebRequest.Create("http://mbstudiosdailypaintings.blogspot.com/atom.xml");
webResp = webReq.GetResponse();

xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.Load(webResp.GetResponseStream());

//Parse XML here


//To get an image:
webReq = WebRequest.Create(urlToTheImage);
webResp = webReq.GetResponse();

dlImage = Image.FromStream(webResp.GetResponseStream());

//Do something with dlImage

 

All thats needed now is code for parsing the image URLs out of the XML, and making the code more robust.

 

Good luck :cool:

[vbMarkO]

Im sorry I guess I should of stated I dont do C#

 

I might be able to convert it but then IM not sure here as I get turned around when it comes to C#

 

VbMarkO

[MrPaul]

Conversion

 

In this case the conversion from C# to VB.Net is simple, as no control structures have been used.

 

1. Change the first 4 lines:
    
   

   Dim webReq As WebRequest
   Dim webResp As WebResponse
   Dim xDoc As XmlDocument
   Dim dlImage As Image

   
    
   

2. Change comment lines // to '
    
   
3. Remove the trailing semicolons from all other lines
   

 

If you edit your profile, you can specify your .Net preferred language, and this is displayed in your user info next to each post.

 

:)

[GrenadeFX]

oldish thread but i have stumbled upon this bot, i think it is what you need:

 

http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/digg-irc-bot/

 

it reads xml files and formats it however you want

im not to sure about the images tho