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Pablo Fernandez
Pablo Fernandez

Reputation: 287410

Generating RSS with ASP.Net MVC?

How would you generate RSS using ASP.Net MVC? I have the data in the database already and I'll transform it as necessary. My first approach is to create an RSS template that I use as a view, but that seems error prone and since RSS is a structured format there could be a class that I set some properties and generates RSS. Is there such a thing? How would you do it?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1593

Answers (3)

David
David

Reputation: 15360

Here's an interesting article - http://www.developerzen.com/2009/01/11/aspnet-mvc-rss-feed-action-result/

It creates an RssActionResult class that sets the content type, and Syndication items to render the View.

Upvotes: 7

Mehrdad Afshari
Mehrdad Afshari

Reputation: 421988

Use WCF System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace for which you need to add System.ServiceMode.Web to your references. That handles the whole thing automatically:

using System.ServiceModel.Syndication;
// ...
var rss = new SyndicationFeed(...);
...
var formatter = new Rss20FeedFormatter(rss);
formatter.WriteTo(xmlWriter);

Upvotes: 4

CoderDennis
CoderDennis

Reputation: 13837

Here are a couple links:

RSS Feeds in ASP.NET MVC

http://www.developerzen.com/2009/01/11/aspnet-mvc-rss-feed-action-result/

Upvotes: 1

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