In this article I will explain with an example, how to fetch and display RSS Feeds in ASP.Net MVC.
This article covers how to fetch RSS Feeds from a URL and display it on the Website in ASP.Net MVC.
Note: For more details on ASP.Net MVC, please refer my article ASP.Net MVC Hello World Tutorial with Sample Program example.
 
 
The RSS Feeds returned from the API
The following RSS Feeds are used in this article.
https://asp-umbraco.azurewebsites.net/rss/content
Fetch and Display RSS Feeds using ASP.Net MVC
 
 
Model
The Model class consists of following properties which will be used for deserialization of XML data.
[XmlType("rss")]
public class RssModel
{
    [XmlElement("channel")]
    public Channel Channel { get; set; }
}
 
[XmlType("channel")]
public class Channel
{
    [XmlElement("item")]
    public List<Item> Items { get; set; }
}
 
public class Item
{
    [XmlElement("title")]
    public string Title { get; set; }
 
    [XmlElement("description")]
    public string Description { get; set; }
 
    [XmlElement("link")]
    public string Link { get; set; }
 
    [XmlElement("pubDate")]
    public string PublishedDate { get; set; }
}
 
 
Namespaces
You will need to import the following namespaces.
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
 
 
Controller
The Controller consists of following Action method.
Action method for handling GET operation
Inside the Action method, first the Security Protocol is set.
Note: For more information on using TLS 1.2 with HttpClient, please refer my article Using TLS1.2 with HttpClient in C# and VB.Net and for previous .Net Framework versions, please refer Using TLS1.2 in .Net 2.0, .Net 3.0, .Net 3.5 and .Net 4.0.
 
Then, the RSS Feeds API is called using HttpClient class and the response is received using GetAsync method of HttpResponseMessage class.
If the response is true then, XML string is downloaded using ReadAsStringAsync method of StringReader class.
Then, an object of XmlReader class is created using Create method of XmlReader class.
The XML string is deserialized into RssModel class using Deserialize method of the XmlSerializer class object.
Finally, the RssModel class is returned to the View.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    //Get: Home
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        //Setting TLS 1.2 protocol.
        ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true;
        ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;
 
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
        HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync("https://asp-umbraco.azurewebsites.net/rss/content").Result;
        if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            using (StringReader stream = new StringReader(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result))
            {
                using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(stream))
                {
                    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(RssModel));
                    RssModel rss = (RssModel)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
                    return View(rss);
                }
            }
        }
 
        return View();
    }
}
 
 
View
Inside the View, in the very first line the RssModel class is declared as model for the View.
The View consists of an Anchor tag.
A FOR EACH loop is executed over the Item class of RssModel and RSS Feeds and HTML Table will be used to display the RSS Feeds contents i.e. Link, Title and Description.
The href property of the Anchor tag is set to Link.
@modelRssModel
@using Dispaly_RSS_Feeds_Core_MVC.Models
@{
    Layout = null;
}
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>
    @foreach (Item item in Model.Channel.Items)
    {
        <table width="100%">
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <a id="lnkTitle" href="@item.Link">@item.Title</a>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    @item.Description
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        <br />
    }
</body>
</html>
 
 
Screenshot
Fetch and Display RSS Feeds using ASP.Net MVC
 
 
Demo
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