Example MRSS Reader (Powershell) 📄

This simple script will load your MRSS feed and convert the XML values of the first media object. This is a good starting point to build powerful automation.

Powershell

#############################
### Enforce use of TLS 1.2###
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[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol =
[Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

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### Set variables ###
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$holdingFile = "[The location on disk where the MRSS feed is to be saved and recalled]"
$mrssFeedUri = "https://[Your Imagen Domain]/user/rss/feed_[Feed ID]?limit=[100]"
                                            
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### make web request ###
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$mrssContentType="text/xml"
Invoke-WebRequest $mrssFeedUri -ContentType $mrssContentType -OutFile $holdingFile

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### Load MRSS feed as XML ###
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[xml]$mrssContent = (GC $holdingFile)

################################
### Set a namespace manager ####
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$nsmgr = New-Object System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager $mrssContent.NameTable
$nsmgr.AddNamespace('media','http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/')

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### Populate an array of items taken the MRSS XML ###
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[array]$nodes = $mrssContent.SelectNodes('/rss/channel/item', $nsmgr)

foreach($node in $nodes)
{
    $recordId            = $node.guid
    [string]$title       = $node.title.'#cdata-section' 
    [string]$description = $node.description.'#cdata-section'
    [string]$link        = $node.link

    [array]$subNodes = $node.group.content

    foreach($subNode in $subNodes)
    {
        [string]$renditionName = $subNode.description.'#cdata-section'
        [string]$renditionlLink = $subNode.url
    }
}