/// <summary>
/// Fetches rss feeds data from BBC News
/// </summary>
private void FetchRssFeed()
{
try
{
string rssUrl = "http://www.theguardian.com/sport/rugbyleague/rss";
XDocument feedXml = XDocument.Load(rssUrl);
XNamespace media = XNamespace.Get("http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/");
_feeds = from feed in feedXml.Descendants("item")
let title = feed.Element("title")
where title != null
let description = feed.Element("description")
where description != null
let sourceUrl = feed.Element("link")
where sourceUrl != null
let pubDateTime = feed.Element("pubDate")
where pubDateTime != null
let imageUrl = feed.Elements(media + "content")
.Where(i => i.Attribute("width").Value == "140")
.Select(i => i.Attribute("url").Value).FirstOrDefault()
where imageUrl != null
select new NewsItem()
{
Title = _validate.TrimNewsLength(title.Value),
Description = _validate.TrimNewsLength(description.Value),
SourceUrl = sourceUrl.Value,
SourceName = "The Guardian",
ImageUrl = imageUrl,
PubDateTime = DateTime.Parse(pubDateTime.Value)
};
_feeds = _feeds.OrderBy(x => x.PubDateTime);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_importMessage = "Unable to fetch The Guardian feeds: " + ex;
}
}
public void TestValidateItem()
{
ValidateItem validate = new ValidateItem();
string input = "This is a really long test string to make sure the string is trimmed correctly by the validate method. This is a really long test string to make sure the string is trimmed correctly by the validate method.";
int exceptedLength = 150;
int actualLength = validate.TrimNewsLength(input).Length;
Console.WriteLine("Expected: " + exceptedLength);
Console.WriteLine("Result: " + actualLength);
Assert.AreEqual(exceptedLength, actualLength, "String successfully trimmed to 150 characters.");
}
/// <summary>
/// Fetches rss feeds data from BBC News
/// </summary>
private void FetchRssFeed()
{
try
{
string rssUrl = "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/rss.xml?edition=int";
XDocument feedXml = XDocument.Load(rssUrl);
XNamespace media = XNamespace.Get("http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/");
_feeds = from feed in feedXml.Descendants("item")
let title = feed.Element("title")
where title != null
let description = feed.Element("description")
where description != null
let sourceUrl = feed.Element("link")
where sourceUrl != null
let pubDateTime = feed.Element("pubDate")
where pubDateTime != null
select new NewsItem()
{
Title = _validate.TrimNewsLength(title.Value),
Description = _validate.TrimNewsLength(description.Value),
SourceUrl = sourceUrl.Value,
SourceName = "BBC Sport",
ImageUrl = feed.Elements(media + "thumbnail")
.Where(i => i.Attribute("width").Value == "144" && i.Attribute("height").Value == "81")
.Select(i => i.Attribute("url").Value).FirstOrDefault(),
PubDateTime = DateTime.Parse(pubDateTime.Value)
};
_feeds = _feeds.OrderBy(x => x.PubDateTime);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_importMessage = "Unable to fetch BBC News feeds: " + ex;
}
}
