Parse RSS Feed from Wordpress Blog

Parse_RSS_Feed.cs

using System.ServiceModel.Syndication;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;

string url = "https://shaolinarts.com/feed/rss/";
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(url);
SyndicationFeed feed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);
reader.Close();

foreach (SyndicationItem item in feed.Items)
{
    var author = "";

    foreach (SyndicationElementExtension extension in item.ElementExtensions)
    {
        XElement ele = extension.GetObject<XElement>();
        if (ele.ToString().StartsWith("<dc:creator"))
        {
            var start = ele.ToString().IndexOf(">") + 1;
            var end = ele.ToString().IndexOf("</dc:creator>");
            author = ele.ToString().Substring(start, end - start);
        }
    }
    
    
    Console.WriteLine();
    Console.WriteLine();
    
    var description = item.Summary.Text;
    var first = description.IndexOf("src=\"") + "src=\"".Length;
    var last = description.IndexOf("jpg\"", first);
    var imgLink = description.Substring(first, last - first + 3);
    var text = description.Substring(description.IndexOf("<p>") + 3, description.IndexOf("</p>") - description.IndexOf("<p>") - 3);
    Console.WriteLine(item.PublishDate);
    Console.WriteLine(item.Title.Text);
    Console.WriteLine(author);
    Console.WriteLine();
    Console.WriteLine(imgLink);
    Console.WriteLine(text);
}

Parse an RSS feed from a WordPress blog using C# and .Net Core 8. Show the technique for getting the standard individual items in SyndicationItem. The solution also shows how to get the additional elements using SyndicationElementExtension.