Does someone who has access to an MSFT system care to take a look at this?
>From: James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [rss-public] Microsoft Feeds API Enclosure Test >Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:28:19 -0800 >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Id: <rss-public.yahoogroups.com> > >Hmm.. interestingly, this API also looks as if it would stuff multiple >enclosures in Atom also... in which case, I'd argue that the API is >simply broken. > >rcade wrote: >> Power Line has a podcast feed that includes multiple enclosures, as >> someone pointed out earlier on this list: >> >> http://www.powerlineblog.com/podcasts.xml >> >> A cached copy of this feed is here: >> >> http://www.rssboard.org/files/example-multiple-enclosures.xml >> >> This feed contains one item with one enclosure, a second with three >> enclosures, and a third with three enclosures (in that order). >> >> After subscribing to this feed in MSIE 7 and choosing automatic >> downloads of enclosures, I wrote a VB.NET console application that >> displays the URL of each enclosure in the feed: >> >> Sub Main() >> Dim fm : fm = CreateObject("Microsoft.FeedsManager") >> Dim fmroot = fm.RootFolder >> Dim plfeed = fmroot.getFeed("Power Line") >> Dim i >> For i = 0 To plfeed.Items.Count - 1 >> Dim item = plfeed.getItem(i) >> Console.WriteLine("Title: " + item.Title) >> Dim plenclosure = item.Enclosure() >> Console.WriteLine("Enclosure: " + plenclosure.Url) >> Console.WriteLine("") >> Console.Write(item.xml(1)) >> Console.WriteLine("") >> Next >> End Sub >> >> Here's the output of the application (with item elements other than >> enclosure removed from the XML): >> >> -- BEGIN OUTPUT -- >> >> Title: Listen to Col. Stephenson and Judge for Yourself >> Enclosure: http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/NA218Stephenson.mp3 >> >> <item><enclosure >> url="http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/NA218Stephenson.mp3"; >> length="21455322" type="audio/mpeg" >> xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"; >> cf:path="C:\Documents and Settings\Rogers\Local Settings\Temporary >> Internet Files\Enclosure\{0C1E2407-FAE4-447F-9054-FB1C7CFE6A86}\Listen >> to Col. Stephenson and Judge for Yourself.mp3" >> cf:downloadstatus="Downloaded"/></item> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Title: New Podcast: Yesterday's Northern Alliance Radio Network >> Enclosure: http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/Feb111stHourPt1.mp3 >> >> <item><enclosure >> url="http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/Feb111stHourPt1.mp3"; >> length="19949804" type="audio/mpeg" >> xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"; >> cf:path="C:\Documents and Settings\Rogers\Local Settings\Temporary >> Internet Files\Enclosure\{0C1E2407-FAE4-447F-9054-FB1C7CFE6A86}\New >> Podcast Yesterday's Northern Alliance Radio Network.mp3" >> cf:downloadstatus="Downloaded"/><enclosure >> url="http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/Feb111stHourPt2.mp3"; >> length="8550404" type="audio/mpeg"/><enclosure >> url="http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/Feb112ndHour.mp3"; >> length="15032924" type="audio/mpeg"/></item> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Title: Now Podcasting: The Northern Alliance Radio Network! >> Enclosure: http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/January21,1stHour.mp3 >> >> <item><enclosure >> url="http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/January21,1stHour.mp3"; >> length="39923577" type="audio/mpeg" >> xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"; >> cf:path="C:\Documents and Settings\Rogers\Local Settings\Temporary >> Internet Files\Enclosure\{0C1E2407-FAE4-447F-9054-FB1C7CFE6A86}\Now >> Podcasting The Northern Alliance Radio Network!.mp3" >> cf:downloadstatus="Downloaded"/><enclosure >> url="http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/January212ndHourPt1.mp3"; >> length="14954800" type="audio/mpeg"/><enclosure >> url="http://powerlineblog.com/podcasts/January212ndHourPt2.mp3"; >> length="12517975" type="audio/mpeg"/></item> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- END OUTPUT -- >> >> The Feeds API refers to an item enclosure singularly. The only method >> I found reads a enclosure from an item. When multiple >> enclosures are present, item.Enclosure() retrieves the first. >> >> An item's xml(1) method produces its contents as XML, with the numeric >> 1 argument indicating that Microsoft's common format feed >> elements, and Simple List Extensions should be included in the output. >> >> The XML output includes the multiple enclosures, in which the >> cf:downloadstatus element only is present for the first enclosure in >> each item. >> >> Checking the Temporary Internet Files folder where enclosures are >> being stored, only the first enclosure in each of the three items is >> present. >> >> As the Feeds API is presently implemented, publishers of RSS feeds >> with multiple enclosures will lose two advantages of Microsoft's >> common feed engine when their feeds are read: >> >> 1. Enclosures beyond an item's first are not automatically downloaded, >> so they must be requested manually by a user. >> >> 2. Programmers who build on the API will have to grab the XML and get >> these files directly. >> >> This is my first poke around the Feeds API and VB.NET, so it's likely >> I may be overlooking things. ----- End forwarded message ----- Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
