protected override void Initialize(HttpControllerContext controllerContext)
{
base.Initialize(controllerContext);
OldSchoolBeatsContext context = new OldSchoolBeatsContext();
DomainManager = new EntityDomainManager <OldSchoolArtist>(context, Request, Services);
//This shows how to set the XmlDocumentationProvider to suck your XML comments on
//Controller actions into your sample page.
this.Configuration.SetDocumentationProvider(new XmlDocumentationProvider(this.Services));
}
// GET api/OldSchoolFeeds
/// <summary>
/// Returns RSS20 compatible feed from our
/// artist entries in the database.
/// If there are no entries, only the base
/// data of the feed will be delivered.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public HttpResponseMessage Get()
{
if (this.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
this.currentMobileServicesUser = (ServiceUser)this.User;
}
//Creating the main-feed thing
SyndicationFeed feed =
new SyndicationFeed("Old School Feed", "The coolest old-school rappers.",
new Uri("http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/old-school-rap-ma0000002762/albums"), "OLDSFEED", DateTime.Now);
feed.Language = "en-US";
List <OldSchoolArtist> artists = new List <OldSchoolArtist>();
List <SyndicationItem> feedItems = new List <SyndicationItem>();
//Getting the data from the db
using (var db = new OldSchoolBeatsContext())
{
//Selecting the first 50 entries
artists = db.OldSchoolArtists.OrderBy(a => a.CreatedAt).Take(50).ToList();
}
foreach (var artist in artists)
{
var rssEntry = new SyndicationItem()
{
Title = new TextSyndicationContent(artist.Artist, TextSyndicationContentKind.Plaintext),
Id = new Guid().ToString(),
PublishDate = DateTime.Now,
Summary = new TextSyndicationContent(
string.Format("{0} was active between {1} and was added to our database {2}.", artist.Artist, artist.YearsArchive, artist.CreatedAt),
TextSyndicationContentKind.Plaintext
),
Copyright = new TextSyndicationContent("ALLMUSIC.COM", TextSyndicationContentKind.Plaintext)
};
feedItems.Add(rssEntry);
}
//Write our feed to a string builder
//using a XML-Writer instance
var sb = new StringBuilder();
XmlWriter w = XmlWriter.Create(sb);
feed.SaveAsRss20(w);
w.Flush();
w.Close();
var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
//The standard encoding for the feed is UTF-16, which is Unicode, little-endian encoding
//And the media-type is "application/rss+xml"
response.Content = new StringContent(sb.ToString(), Encoding.Unicode, "application/rss+xml");
return(response);
}