How to: Create a Basic RSS Feed

How to: Create a Basic RSS Feed
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) allows you to create a service that exposes a syndication feed. This topic discusses how to create a syndication service that exposes an RSS syndication feed.

To create a basic syndication service

  1. Define a service contract using an interface marked with the WebGetAttribute attribute. Each operation that is exposed as a syndication feed should return a Rss20FeedFormatter object.
    Visual Basic

     _
    Public Interface IBlog
         _
     _
    Function GetBlog() As Rss20FeedFormatter
    End Interface
    C#

    [ServiceContract]
    public interface IBlog
    {
        [OperationContract]
        [WebGet]
        Rss20FeedFormatter GetBlog();
    }

    Note:
    All service operations that apply the WebGetAttribute attribute are mapped to HTTP GET requests. To map your operation to a different HTTP method, use the WebInvokeAttribute instead. For more information, see How to: Create a Basic WCF REST Service.

  2. Implement the service contract.
    Visual Basic

    Public Class BlogService
        Implements IBlog
    
        Public Function GetBlog() As Rss20FeedFormatter Implements IBlog.GetBlog
            Dim feed As SyndicationFeed = New SyndicationFeed("My Blog Feed", "This is a test feed", New Uri("http://SomeURI"))
            feed.Authors.Add(New SyndicationPerson("someone@microsoft.com"))
            feed.Categories.Add(New SyndicationCategory("How To Sample Code"))
            feed.Description = New TextSyndicationContent("This is a how to sample that demonstrates how to expose a feed using RSS with WCF")
    
            Dim item1 As SyndicationItem = New SyndicationItem( _
                "Item One", _
                "This is the content for item one", _
                New Uri("http://localhost/Content/One"), _
                "ItemOneID", _
                DateTime.Now)
    
            Dim item2 As SyndicationItem = New SyndicationItem( _
                "Item Two", _
                "This is the content for item two", _
                New Uri("http://localhost/Content/Two"), _
                "ItemTwoID", _
                DateTime.Now)
    
            Dim item3 As SyndicationItem = New SyndicationItem( _
                "Item Three", _
                "This is the content for item three", _
                New Uri("http://localhost/Content/three"), _
                "ItemThreeID", _
                DateTime.Now)
    
            Dim items As New List(Of SyndicationItem)()
    
            items.Add(item1)
            items.Add(item2)
            items.Add(item3)
    
            feed.Items = items
    
            Return New Rss20FeedFormatter(feed)
        End Function
    End Class
    C#

    public class BlogService : IBlog
    {
        public Rss20FeedFormatter GetBlog()
        {
            SyndicationFeed feed = new SyndicationFeed("My Blog Feed", "This is a test feed", new Uri("http://SomeURI"));
            feed.Authors.Add(new SyndicationPerson("someone@microsoft.com"));
            feed.Categories.Add(new SyndicationCategory("How To Sample Code"));
            feed.Description = new TextSyndicationContent("This is a how to sample that demonstrates how to expose a feed using RSS with WCF");
    
            SyndicationItem item1 = new SyndicationItem(
                "Item One",
                "This is the content for item one",
                new Uri("http://localhost/Content/One"),
                "ItemOneID",
                DateTime.Now);
    
            SyndicationItem item2 = new SyndicationItem(
                "Item Two",
                "This is the content for item two",
                new Uri("http://localhost/Content/Two"),
                "ItemTwoID",
                DateTime.Now);
    
            SyndicationItem item3 = new SyndicationItem(
                "Item Three",
                "This is the content for item three",
                new Uri("http://localhost/Content/three"),
                "ItemThreeID",
                DateTime.Now);
    
            List items = new List();
    
            items.Add(item1);
            items.Add(item2);
            items.Add(item3);
    
            feed.Items = items;
    
            return new Rss20FeedFormatter(feed);
        }
    }
  3. Create a SyndicationFeed object and add an author, category, and description.
    Visual Basic

    Dim feed As SyndicationFeed = New SyndicationFeed("My Blog Feed", "This is a test feed", New Uri("http://SomeURI"))
    feed.Authors.Add(New SyndicationPerson("someone@microsoft.com"))
    feed.Categories.Add(New SyndicationCategory("How To Sample Code"))
    feed.Description = New TextSyndicationContent("This is a how to sample that demonstrates how to expose a feed using RSS with WCF")
    C#

    SyndicationFeed feed = new SyndicationFeed("My Blog Feed", "This is a test feed", new Uri("http://SomeURI"));
    feed.Authors.Add(new SyndicationPerson("someone@microsoft.com"));
    feed.Categories.Add(new SyndicationCategory("How To Sample Code"));
    feed.Description = new TextSyndicationContent("This is a how to sample that demonstrates how to expose a feed using RSS with WCF");
  4. Create several SyndicationItem objects.
    Visual Basic

    Dim item1 As SyndicationItem = New SyndicationItem( _
        "Item One", _
        "This is the content for item one", _
        New Uri("http://localhost/Content/One"), _
        "ItemOneID", _
        DateTime.Now)
    
    Dim item2 As SyndicationItem = New SyndicationItem( _
        "Item Two", _
        "This is the content for item two", _
        New Uri("http://localhost/Content/Two"), _
        "ItemTwoID", _
        DateTime.Now)
    
    Dim item3 As SyndicationItem = New SyndicationItem( _
        "Item Three", _
        "This is the content for item three", _
        New Uri("http://localhost/Content/three"), _
        "ItemThreeID", _
        DateTime.Now)
    C#

    SyndicationItem item1 = new SyndicationItem(
        "Item One",
        "This is the content for item one",
        new Uri("http://localhost/Content/One"),
        "ItemOneID",
        DateTime.Now);
    
    SyndicationItem item2 = new SyndicationItem(
        "Item Two",
        "This is the content for item two",
        new Uri("http://localhost/Content/Two"),
        "ItemTwoID",
        DateTime.Now);
    
    SyndicationItem item3 = new SyndicationItem(
        "Item Three",
        "This is the content for item three",
        new Uri("http://localhost/Content/three"),
        "ItemThreeID",
        DateTime.Now);
  5. Add the SyndicationItem to the feed.
    Visual Basic

    Dim items As New List(Of SyndicationItem)()
    
    items.Add(item1)
    items.Add(item2)
    items.Add(item3)
    
    feed.Items = items
    C#

    List items = new List();
    
    items.Add(item1);
    items.Add(item2);
    items.Add(item3);
    
    feed.Items = items;
  6. Return the feed.
    Visual Basic

    Return New Rss20FeedFormatter(feed)
    C#

    return new Rss20FeedFormatter(feed);

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