private async Task <FeedData> GetFeedAsync(string feedUriString) { Windows.Web.Syndication.SyndicationClient client = new SyndicationClient(); Uri feedUri = new Uri(feedUriString); try { SyndicationFeed feed = await client.RetrieveFeedAsync(feedUri); // This code is executed after RetrieveFeedAsync returns the SyndicationFeed. // Process the feed and copy the data you want into the FeedData and FeedItem classes. FeedData feedData = new FeedData(); if (feed.Title != null && feed.Title.Text != null) { feedData.Title = feed.Title.Text; } if (feed.Subtitle != null && feed.Subtitle.Text != null) { feedData.Description = feed.Subtitle.Text; } if (feed.Items != null && feed.Items.Count > 0) { // Use the date of the latest post as the last updated date. //feedData.PubDate = feed.Items[0].PublishedDate.DateTime; foreach (SyndicationItem item in feed.Items) { FeedItem feedItem = new FeedItem(); if (item.Title != null && item.Title.Text != null) { feedItem.Title = item.Title.Text; feedItem.Image = feedItem.Title.Substring(0, 3); feedItem.Image = "Assets/" + feedItem.Image + ".png"; } if (item.PublishedDate != null) { feedItem.PubDate = item.PublishedDate.DateTime; } if (item.Authors != null && item.Authors.Count > 0) { feedItem.Author = item.Authors[0].Name.ToString(); } if (feed.SourceFormat == SyndicationFormat.Rss20) { if (item.Summary != null && item.Summary.Text != null) { feedItem.Content = item.Summary.Text; } if (item.Links != null && item.Links.Count > 0) { feedItem.Link = item.Links[0].Uri; } } feedData.Items.Add(feedItem); } } return(feedData); } catch (Exception) { return(null); } }