Question

I ‘m trying to parse RSS feeds and then display them on my website. My code seems to work correctly when parsing techcrunch & arstechnica RSS. But when I try to parse HackerNews RSS I get the an error.

    XmlReader readXML;
    readXML = XmlReader.Create(GetURL());
    SyndicationFeed News= SyndicationFeed.Load(readXML);
    readXML.Close();
    return News;

I get the following error on readXML = XmlReader.Create(GetURL()); geturl is the url for rss.

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The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseStatusLine

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Any suggestions why I ‘m getting the above error.
Thanks

Answer 1

Check this link:

The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseStatusLine

1.) You can add the following <httpWebRequest useUnsafeHeaderParsing="true" /> in the Web Config file to solve the server committed a protocol violation

<configuration>
<system.net>
<settings>
<httpWebRequest useUnsafeHeaderParsing="true" />
</settings>
</system.net>
</configuration> 

2.)

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