Best Way to read rss feed in .net Using C#

Question

What is the best way to read RSS feeds?

I am using XmlTextReader to achieve this. Is there any other best way to do it?

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Answer 1

Update: This supports only with UWP - Windows Community Toolkit

There is a much easier way now. You can use the RssParser class. The sample code is given below.

public async void ParseRSS()
{
    string feed = null;

    using (var client = new HttpClient())
    {
        try
        {
            feed = await client.GetStringAsync("https://visualstudiomagazine.com/rss-feeds/news.aspx");
        }
        catch { }
    }

    if (feed != null)
    {
        var parser = new RssParser();
        var rss = parser.Parse(feed);

        foreach (var element in rss)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Title: {element.Title}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Summary: {element.Summary}");
        }
    }
}

For non-UWP use the Syndication from the namespace System.ServiceModel.Syndication as others suggested.

public static IEnumerable  GetLatestFivePosts() {
    var reader = XmlReader.Create("https://sibeeshpassion.com/feed/");
    var feed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);
    reader.Close();
    return (from itm in feed.Items select new FeedItem {
        Title = itm.Title.Text, Link = itm.Id
    }).ToList().Take(5);
}

public class FeedItem {
    public string Title {
        get;
        set;
    }
    public string Link {
        get;
        set;
    }
}