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08.10.07
Ping Using XML-RPC In ASP.NET
 by
Mads Kristensen
Many blogs have the ability to ping different ping-services, such as Ping-o-Matic, Feedburner and Technorati, whenever some content is created or updated.
But it is not only blogs who can benefit from pinging these services. Almost all websites that is updated regularly can use this technique.
All these services use XML-RPC and the exact same format, so you can write a ping class ones and then just add whatever ping service URL later. I've written a very simple static ping class that can be used in any ASP.NET application.
The code
Here is the the three methods needed to send XML-RPC pings.
Implementation
Download the class below and drop it into the App_Code folder or a class library. Then from anywhere in your ASP.NET project you can use the class by calling the Send method like so:
Because it can take some time to ping all the different services, you might want to consider doing it asynchronously. Here is how to do that. That's it. Now you have a class that pings various services using XML-RPC. You can find a full list of available ping services here.
PingService.zip (816 bytes)
Comments
About the Author:
Mads Kristensen currently works as a Senior Developer at Traceworks located
in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mads graduated from Copenhagen Technical Academy with a multimedia degree in
2003, but has been a professional developer since 2000. His main focus is on ASP.NET but is responsible for Winforms, Windows- and
web services in his daily work as well. A true .NET developer with great passion for the simple solution.
http://www.madskristensen.dk/
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