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Convert RSS Feed URL into an XML File

I have a url of an RSS Feed and would like to get it on my computer in the format of an XML file. How do you go about doing this?

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jawahar_prasad

just open the file in web browser and click File > Save As in the IE or whatever browser you use...

Robb Hill

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Private Sub GetWNBC_SportsData(ByVal stateInfo As Object)

'Variables for working with exisitng RSS feed's XML data
Dim xmldoc As New Xml.XmlDocument
Dim xmlnlist As Xml.XmlNodeList
Dim xmln As Xml.XmlNode
Dim config As System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'The following variables are used for creating the new xml file
Dim xmlRevDoc As New Xml.XmlDocument
' Create the root element
Dim rootNode As XmlElement = xmlRevDoc.CreateElement("WNBC_Sports")
xmlRevDoc.AppendChild(rootNode)
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Try

xmldoc.Load(config.AppSettings("DataSports"))
xmlnlist = xmldoc.SelectNodes("//item/description")
Dim category As String = "WNBC_Sports"
For Each xmln In xmlnlist
'Get node information used for new xml file
Dim description As String = xmln.InnerText
' Create the required nodes
Dim mainNode As XmlElement = xmlRevDoc.CreateElement("Description")
'retrieve the text
Dim txtDescription As XmlText = xmlRevDoc.CreateTextNode(description)
'append the nodes to the parent node without the value
rootNode.AppendChild(mainNode)
' save the value of the field into the node
mainNode.AppendChild(txtDescription)
Next

WriteXML(category, xmlRevDoc.OuterXml.ToString)
'xmlRevDoc.Save("WNBC_Sports_Description.xml")
Catch ex As Exception
cErr.ReportError(ex)
End Try

End Sub