Question

I write code given below to read Atom feed.

string strUrL = "http://loluyede.blogspot.com/atom.xml";
        WebRequest objWR = WebRequest.Create(strUrL);
        WebProxy objWP = new WebProxy("strAddress", 1978);
        objWP.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
        objWR.Proxy = objWP;
        StreamReader objSR = new StreamReader(objWR.GetResponse().GetResponseStream(), System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
        AtomFeed feed = AtomFeed.Load(objSR);

at the end of the statement following error comes

ERROR In Code:
The type initializer for 'Atom.Utils.DefaultValues' threw an exception.

ERROR on Page

Server Error in '/WebAppUI' Application.
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Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: stream 

Anybody suggest me what i have to do.

Answer 1

The solution is much simpler:

string strUrl = "http://loluyede.blogspot.com/atom.xml";
Stream responseStream = WebRequest.Create(strUrl).GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
StreamReader objSR = new StreamReader(responseStream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
string strTheWholeFeedAsString = objSR.ReadToEnd();

To get it fully up and running you should change from AtomFeed to ASP.Net RSS Toolkit (free from codeplex).

Good luck!

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EDITED on 2010-09-12:

Given the fact, that the AtomFeed project is discontinued and written for .NET v1.1 therefore too old, I’ve created a sample application fetching your feed using RSS Toolkit. Feel free to download the source codes from http://www.isource.ro/StackOverflow/RssReaderTest.zip.

If you have questions don’t hesitate to ask.