StackOverflow RSS Feed only returns 30 Items

Question

I use this code to get RSS from stackoverflow.com

SyndicationFeed feed = SyndicationFeed.Load(XmlReader.Create("http://stackoverflow.com/feeds"));
        foreach (SyndicationItem item in feed.Items)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(item.Title.Text);
            Console.WriteLine(item.Title.Type);
            Console.WriteLine(feed.Items.Count());
            Debug.Print(item.Title.Text);

        }

I get just 30 items but when I check in Google Reader I get more than this count.

Is there a limitation here?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '13 at 19:41

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30 is what stackoverflow returns, it is not a limitation of the SyndicationFeed class.

answered Apr 17 '13 at 19:41

Z .

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it does not get more, it just remembers the older ones. – Z . Apr 17 '13 at 19:49
no no you can try and add new feed in your reader and then see that when scrolling get more than 30 – Apr 17 '13 at 19:51
New to you, maybe. But Google Reader is archiving many RSS feeds. – DavGarcia Apr 17 '13 at 19:58

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '13 at 19:42

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Google Reader stores old articles from RSS feeds. So we are limited to what the RSS feed contains, but Google has an archive that'll let you keep scrolling.

answered Apr 17 '13 at 19:42

DavGarcia

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StackOverflow RSS Feed only returns 30 Items

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