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Asked: 2026-05-17T18:48:41+00:00

I wanna write a simple RSS Feed reader in C++. I understand that the

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I wanna write a simple RSS Feed reader in C++.
I understand that the basic requirement is to understand XML parsing ( at the low level), opening, reading/writing, closing sockets and stuff like that. I don’t need help in coding for sure. But It would be great if someone can help in getting started with RSS Protocol. E.g.. How exactly do I open socket ( for http I used 80, for IRC I had used the 6667 and so on).. and the protocol or commands to interact with a RSS Feed socket. I’ve also contemplated using third party libraries for XML n stuff. But I wanna do everything from scratch.
Any help would be appreciated! and also, if not in the right direction.. please guide !

Thanks and Regards,
Vamsi Krishna

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want to “do everything from scratch” as a learning exercise then go for it. However, if your goal is a to write an app to solve a problem then I’d suggest using off-the-shelf librarys as much as possible.

    Assuming you’re after the learning experience…

    • Make a socket connection to port 80 on the server hosting the RSS feed
    • Send an HTTP request for the feed
    • Receive the feed
    • Parse the feed

    And I guess you want to write your own XML parser?

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