Apache Camel – Polling RSS Feed

Hello everyone, In this post, you will learn How to Poll RSS Feed using Apache Camel. The example has been tested and shared in the post.

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
<groupid>org.apache.camel</groupid>
<artifactid>camel-core</artifactid>
<version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupid>org.apache.camel</groupid>
<artifactid>camel-rss</artifactid>
<version>${camel-rss-version}</version>
</dependency>

Example Program

package com.dineshkrish.example7;
import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.ConsumerTemplate;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class PollRSSFeed {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// creating camel context
CamelContext context = new DefaultCamelContext();
try {
context.addRoutes(new RouteBuilder() {
@Override
public void configure() throws Exception {
from("rss:http://www.feedforall.com/sample.xml?alt=rss&splitEntries=false&consumer.delay=1000")
.to("seda:end");
}
});
// creating a consumer template
ConsumerTemplate template = context.createConsumerTemplate();
while (true) {
context.start();
// receiving the RSS feed
String rssFeed = template.receiveBody("seda:end", String.class);
System.out.println(rssFeed);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
context.stop();
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}

Output

SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?-->
<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>FeedForAll Sample Feed</title>
<link>http://www.feedforall.com/industry-solutions.htm
<description>RSS is a fascinating technology. The uses for RSS are expanding daily. Take a closer look at how various industries are using the benefits of RSS in their businesses.</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2004 NotePage, Inc.</copyright>
<pubdate>Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:38:55 GMT</pubdate>
<category domain="www.dmoz.com">Computers/Software/Internet/Site Management/Content Management</category>
<dc:creator>marketing@feedforall.com</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>
<rdf:description>
<taxo:topic rdf:resource="www.dmoz.com">
<rdf:value>Computers/Software/Internet/Site Management/Content Management</rdf:value>
</taxo:topic></rdf:description>
</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2004-10-19T17:38:55Z</dc:date>
<dc:language>en-us</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Copyright 2004 NotePage, Inc.</dc:rights>
................
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</channel></rss>

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