Re: RSS Feed

[Adam Glauser <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

Murray Crofskey wrote:
>     [R]ecently been asked to receive some information via an RSS feed...
> 
>    Since I'm kinda old and wrinkley.. What is an RSS feed???, and can I
>    receive it using HTTPAPI ???

Murry, the short answer is that yes, you should be able to retrieve the 
RSS data using HTTPAPI.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.  An RSS "feed" is an XML 
document that typically contains a list of the most recently added 
content for a website.  This XML data is normally requested and received 
using HTTP, which is the part where HTTPAPI comes it.  For example, see 
the links below.  You'll also need to use an XML parser to extract the 
data from the RSS XML document.  I believe that the eXpat parser is 
included with HTTPAPI.

HTH,
Adam


1. A webcomic:  http://xkcd.com/rss.xml
2. A news blog: http://www.engadget.com/rss.xml
3. A podcast:   http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/hourlynews.xml
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