How to get data from msn navigation feed rss using .net

I have a project to develop a website for MSN and I have to read the feed (Microsoft own schema). Here is the code to save ur time :)



Let say i want to get a feed from this link

http://sg.msn.com/rss/navfeedrssensg.aspx

By using few lines of codes to get the feed:

MSNNavFeedMenu feedmenu = new
MSNNavFeedMenu("http://sg.msn.com/rss/navfeedrssensg.aspx");
string feedLinkMenu =
feedmenu.CreateNavLinks(feedmenu.GetNavLinks(4), 5);
string feedToolLinkMenu =
feedmenu.CreateNavToolLinks(feedmenu.GetNavToolLinks(), 5);

Here is the class:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Collections.Generic;


public class NavFeedRss
{

private string _Title;
private string _Link;
private string _Icon;
private string _Description;

public string Description
{
get
{
return _Description;
}
}

public string Title
{
get
{
return _Title;
}
}

public string Link
{
get
{
return _Link;
}
}

public string Icon
{
get
{
return _Icon;
}
}


public NavFeedRss(string title, string description, string link, string icon)
{
_Title = title;
_Link = link;
_Icon = icon;
_Title = title;
_Description = description;
}

}

/// <summary>
/// Summary description for MSNNavFeedMenu
/// </summary>
public class MSNNavFeedMenu
{
private string rssUrl;


public MSNNavFeedMenu(string rsslink)
{
rssUrl = rsslink;
}


public string CreateNavLinks(List<NavFeedRss> RssNavMenu, int columns)
{
string itemTitles = String.Empty;

if (RssNavMenu.Count > 0)
{
//Create list


//Create dynamic row with specified fixed column
int row = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor(Convert.ToDouble(RssNavMenu.Count / columns)));
int reminder = RssNavMenu.Count % columns;

int c = 0;
int temp = 0;
for (int r = 1; r <= row; r++)
{
itemTitles += "<ul class='linklist1'>";
for (c = temp; c < (columns * r); c++)
{
if (r == 1)
{
itemTitles += "<li class='first'>";
}
else
{
itemTitles += "<li>";
}

itemTitles += "<a href='" + RssNavMenu[c].Link + "'>" + RssNavMenu[c].Title + "</a>";
itemTitles += "</li>";

}
temp = columns * r;
itemTitles += "</ul>";
}


//Add reminder item
itemTitles += "<ul class='linklist1'>";

for (c = temp; c < temp + reminder; c++)
{
if (c == temp)
{
itemTitles += "<li class='first'>";
}
else
{
itemTitles += "<li>";
}

itemTitles += "<a href='" + RssNavMenu[c].Link + "'>" + RssNavMenu[c].Title + "</a>";
itemTitles += "</li>";
}
itemTitles += "</ul>";


//Closing list


}



return itemTitles;
}


public string CreateNavToolLinks(List<NavFeedRss> RssNavMenu, int columns)
{

string itemTitles = String.Empty;

if (RssNavMenu.Count > 0)
{

//Create dynamic row with specified fixed column
int row = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor(Convert.ToDouble(RssNavMenu.Count / columns)));
int reminder = RssNavMenu.Count % columns;

int c = 0;
int temp = 0;
for (int r = 1; r <= row; r++)
{
itemTitles += "<ul class='linkedimglinklist1 cf'>";
for (c = temp; c < (columns * r); c++)
{
if (r == 1)
{
itemTitles += "<li class='first'>";
}
else
{
itemTitles += "<li>";
}



itemTitles += "<a href='" + RssNavMenu[c].Link + "'><img src='" + RssNavMenu[c].Icon + "' width='25' height='20' alt='Windows Live Messenger' /><span><strong>" + RssNavMenu[c].Title + "</strong></span></a>";
itemTitles += "</li>";

}
temp = columns * r;
itemTitles += "</ul>";
}


//Add reminder item
itemTitles += "<ul class='linkedimglinklist1 cf'>";

for (c = temp; c < temp + reminder; c++)
{
if (c == temp)
{
itemTitles += "<li class='first'>";
}
else
{
itemTitles += "<li>";
}

itemTitles += "<a href='" + RssNavMenu[c].Link + "'><img src='" + RssNavMenu[c].Icon + "' width='25' height='20' alt='Windows Live Messenger' /><span><strong>" + RssNavMenu[c].Title + "</strong></span></a>";

itemTitles += "</li>";
}
itemTitles += "</ul>";


//Closing list


}



return itemTitles;
}

public List<NavFeedRss> GetNavToolLinks()
{

List<NavFeedRss> rsstitles = new List<NavFeedRss>();

WebRequest myRequest = WebRequest.Create(rssUrl);
WebResponse myResponse = myRequest.GetResponse();

Stream rssStream = myResponse.GetResponseStream();
XmlDocument rssDoc = new XmlDocument();
rssDoc.Load(rssStream);



//Setting up NSManager
XmlNamespaceManager man = new XmlNamespaceManager(rssDoc.NameTable);
man.AddNamespace("msncp", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com/contentpublishing/content");


XmlNodeList rssItemsImg = rssDoc.SelectNodes("rss/channel/msncp:gtl/msncp:networklists/msncp:toollist/msncp:tool/msncp:imagelink/msncp:image", man);
XmlNodeList rssItemsLnk = rssDoc.SelectNodes("rss/channel/msncp:gtl/msncp:networklists/msncp:toollist/msncp:tool/msncp:imagelink/msncp:link", man);


string title = "";
string link = "";
string description = "";
string enclosure = "";




for (int i = 0; i < rssItemsLnk.Count; i++)
{
XmlNode rssDetail;


rssDetail = rssItemsImg.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("msncp:src", man);
if (rssDetail != null)
{
enclosure = rssDetail.InnerText;
}
else
{
enclosure = "";
}



rssDetail = rssItemsImg.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("msncp:alternatetext", man);
if (rssDetail != null)
{
description = rssDetail.InnerText;
}
else
{
description = "";
}



rssDetail = rssItemsLnk.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("msncp:text", man);
if (rssDetail != null)
{
title = rssDetail.InnerText;
}
else
{
title = "";
}


rssDetail = rssItemsLnk.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("msncp:url", man);
if (rssDetail != null)
{
link = rssDetail.InnerText;
}
else
{
link = "";
}

rsstitles.Add(new NavFeedRss(title, description, link, enclosure));

}





return rsstitles;
}


public List<NavFeedRss> GetNavLinks(int start)
{

List<NavFeedRss> rsstitles = new List<NavFeedRss>();

WebRequest myRequest = WebRequest.Create(rssUrl);
WebResponse myResponse = myRequest.GetResponse();

Stream rssStream = myResponse.GetResponseStream();
XmlDocument rssDoc = new XmlDocument();
rssDoc.Load(rssStream);

XmlNodeList rssItems = rssDoc.SelectNodes("rss/channel/item");

string title = "";
string link = "";
string description = "";
string enclosure = "";

for (int i = start; i < rssItems.Count; i++)
{
XmlNode rssDetail;

rssDetail = rssItems.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("title");
if (rssDetail != null)
{
title = rssDetail.InnerText;
}
else
{
title = "";
}

rssDetail = rssItems.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("enclosure");
if (rssDetail != null)
{
enclosure = rssDetail.Attributes["url"].InnerText;
}
else
{
enclosure = "";
}


rssDetail = rssItems.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("link");
if (rssDetail != null)
{
link = rssDetail.InnerText;
}
else
{
link = "";
}

rssDetail = rssItems.Item(i).SelectSingleNode("description");
if (rssDetail != null)
{
description = rssDetail.InnerText;
}
else
{
description = "";
}


rsstitles.Add(new NavFeedRss(title, description, link, enclosure));

}

return rsstitles;
}

}