[VS 2005] RSS 404 error problems

Hi,

I'm trying to learn how to deal with RSS feeds, I'm just querying the BBC's weatherfeed at the momement.

I am trying to detect if the feed is there or not, if not I just want it to write to the console "feed NOT available"

I've added some code to check for the Error 404, but it doesnt work, I still end up getting an error.

And ideas?

Cheers,

My CODE:

Code:

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      public class WeatherChecker
    {
       
        public void getCountries()
        {
            string server = "http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/";
            int i = 0;

            bool XMLReturned = true;
            DataSet ds_XML = new DataSet();

            do
            {
                i++;
                string citycode = i.ToString("0000");

                try
                {
                    ds_XML.ReadXml(server + citycode + ".xml");

                    //Send Response
                    HttpWebRequest webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(server + citycode + ".xml");

                    webRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = false; // In case the server is configured to redirect on 404


                    //Get Result
                    HttpWebResponse webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse();

                    if (webResponse.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
                    {
                        Console.Out.WriteLine("feed NOT available");

                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.Out.WriteLine(" ");
                        Console.Out.WriteLine("feed IS available");

                        StreamReader WeatherStream = new StreamReader(webResponse.GetResponseStream());

                        ds_XML.ReadXml(WeatherStream);

                        string strTitle = ds_XML.Tables["channel"].Rows[0]["title"].ToString();

                        if (ds_XML.Tables.Count > 0)
                        {
                            string TitleParts = strTitle.Replace("BBC - Weather Centre - Forecast for","");
                            string[] City = TitleParts.Split(',');
                           
                            XMLReturned = true;

                            Console.Out.WriteLine(citycode + " - " + City[0]);
                            ds_XML.Clear();
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            XMLReturned = false;
                        }
                       
                    }


 

            }
                catch (Exception er)
                {
                    Console.Out.WriteLine(er);
                }
            }
            while (XMLReturned == true);

        }

    }

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When the feed isn't there, what does webResponse.StatusCode return in debug mode?

I have sorted it out now, thanks forgot to post saying I had fixed it lol

What was the answer then? Some RSS quirk we ought to know about?

no, I was catching the error, but I was also pasting the error into the console, lol.

I've stripped a lot of the code out of that as I didnt need most of it in the end.

I'll have to post what code I have now so you can see what I do.