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raklos
raklos

Reputation: 28545

get thumbnail from rss feed linq, xml

How can i get the thumbanail

if you view the source feed its here:

http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/rss.xml

I've tried the following but the last part wont work for media:thumbnail

 XDocument feedXML = XDocument.Load("http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/rss.xml");
            var feeds = from feed in feedXML.Descendants("item")
                        select new
                        {
                            Title = feed.Element("title").Value,
                            Link = feed.Element("link").Value,
                            Description = feed.Element("description").Value,
                            pubDate = feed.Element("pubDate").Value,
                            guid = feed.Element("guid").Value,
                            thumbnail = feed.Element("media:thumbnail").Attribute("url").Value
                        };

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2296

Answers (2)

Tommy Ovesen
Tommy Ovesen

Reputation: 399

This would be correct:

XNamespace media = "http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/";
Title = feed.Element("title").Value;
Description = feed.Element("description").Value;
ThumbnailUrl = feed.Element(media + "thumbnail").Attribute("url").Value;

Upvotes: 0

L.B
L.B

Reputation: 116108

What you miss is XNamespace + a null check

XDocument feedXML = XDocument.Load("http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/rss.xml");
XNamespace media = XNamespace.Get("http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/");
var feeds = from feed in feedXML.Descendants("item")
                select new
                {
                    Title = feed.Element("title").Value,
                    Link = feed.Element("link").Value,
                    Description = feed.Element("description").Value,
                    pubDate = feed.Element("pubDate").Value,
                    guid = feed.Element("guid").Value,
                    thumbnail = feed.Element(media+"thumbnail")!=null ? feed.Element(media+"thumbnail").Attribute("url").Value : ""
                };

Upvotes: 8

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