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Search for RSS Feeds on Google

I hope I am not just chasing a red herring here. I have seen some websites that you are able to search for RSS feeds by typing in some sort of term like "Technology news" and it would return a number of different feeds that you can chose from.
Most look to be where they are just searching their own curated database which is all fine and dandy, however there is one that looks like it uses Google to search for them. http://ctrlq.org/rss/
Does anyone know how this could be done and point me in the right direction to learn how it is done as it is bugging the life out of me? I have done a lot of searching but most seem to point to the depreciated Google Feed API that no longer works or using Google Alerts to create an RSS Feed which I am not wanting to do.
Ideally I would like to do this in C# so that I can easily deal with the results and save the relevant selected option in a database.
It also doesn't need to be Google that it is done in, if there are other options that are available then great :)
Cheers.

I was kinda intrigue by your question and this is what I've find out. First of all I went to the site http://ctrlq.org/rss/ and checked what is done after click on Search button:
function findfeeds() {
var q = $.trim($('#feedQuery').val());
if(q == "") {
resetfeeds();
return false;
}
$('#pleasewait').show();
google.feeds.findFeeds(q, function(result) {
if (!result.error) {
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < result.entries.length; i++) {
var entry = result.entries[i];
feedList[i] = entry.url;
var count = i+1;
html += '<div id="feed-' + i + '">';
html += ' <h3><img src="//s2.googleusercontent.com/s2/favicons?domain=' + entry.link + '"/> <a target="_blank" href="' + entry.link + '">' + removeHTMLTags(entry.title) + '</a></h3>';
html += ' <p class="snippet">' + removeHTMLTags(entry.contentSnippet) + '</p>';
html += ' <p class="feedURL">';
html += 'RSS Feed ⋅ ';
html += ' <span class="showhide" rel="' + i + '">Preview Feed</span></p>';
html += ' <div id="feedcontent-' + i + '"></div>';
html += '</div>';
}
$("#results").fadeOut('slow', function() {
$('html, body').animate({scrollTop:0}, 'slow');
$("#results").empty();
$("#results").append(html);
$("#results").show();
});
}
$('#pleasewait').hide();
});
return false;
}
This is the function called after click. I noticed it uses something named 'google.feeds.findFeeds' so a bit of searching and voilà: https://developers.google.com/feed/v1/devguide#optional. There is a google api which provides functionality for searching and browsing public rss feeds :) The site provides examples of use so you can read more there. I hope this covers all of your doubts ;)

WatIn Add a new option to a Selectlist?

I need to add a new option to a selectList in one of my unit tests, and I can't figure out how to do it.
The Dropdown currently has 2 options, I want to add a third, and use it.
I tried to use JavaScript injection using http://stevenharman.net/blog/archive/2007/07/10/add-option-elements-to-a-select-list-with-javascript.aspx as a base, but that failed. I get exceptions that crash the IE browser every time, and the text "RunScript failed" gets printed into my logs even though I don't use that text in my error output.
Is this possible in Watin? Or has Open Source Failed me?

Using the code in the link you provided, with one small change I've gotten it to work.
My changes
Changed the ID to the ID of my dropdown (of course!)
Changed the $ in the element get to 'document.getElementById'. With the $ in there instead I don't see any obvious errors or anything like that; just no action taken.
The 'New Option' is added to the dropdown as the last item and it is the selected item.
string js = "";
js = js + "var theSelectList = document.getElementById('myDropDownID'); ";
js = js + " AddSelectOption(theSelectList, \"My Option\", \"123\", true);";
js = js + " function AddSelectOption(selectObj, text, value, isSelected) ";
js = js + "{";
js = js + " if (selectObj != null && selectObj.options != null)";
js = js + "{";
js = js + " selectObj.options[selectObj.options.length] = new Option(text, value, false, isSelected);";
js = js + "}}";
myIE.Document.Eval(js);
My setup
WatiN 2.0
IE8
Win7
Checked when the dropdown has 1 entry and 2 entries; both scenarios had "My Option" added without issue.

Not getting Id in Mozilla Firefox

C#
HtmlButton btnSave = new HtmlButton();
btnSave.ID = "btnSave" + i.ToString();
btnSave.Attributes.Add("onClick", "javascript:return SubmitSave(" + btnSave.ID + ");");
javascript
function save(e)
{
var getId=e.id;
}
I am not getting id in Mozilla firefox,bout its working fine in IE

You can pass the Client ID instead of the ID btnSave.ClientID as ClientID is the perfect choice to deal with such a situation.
btnSave.Attributes.Add("onClick", "javascript:return SubmitSave(" + btnSave.ClientID + ");");
function save(e)
{
var getId=e; // Now you have Client ID, you can use directly instead getting through e.id
}

That is because you are using the id as a variable. Some browsers add the id:s as properties in the window object so that you can access them directly, but to make it work in anything but those few browsers you should use the getElementByID method to locate the element.
btnSave.Attributes.Add("onClick", "javascript:return SubmitSave(document.getElementByID('" + btnSave.ID + "'));");

JavaScript call to page method: error 500. JSON

I'm using the auto complete control here:http://www.ramirezcobos.com/labs/autocomplete-for-jquery-js/comment-page-2/
And i've modified it as:
var json_options;
json_options = {
script:'ReportSearch.aspx/GetUserList?json=true&limit=6&',
varname:'input',
json:true,
shownoresults:true,
maxresults:16,
callback: function (obj) { $('#json_info').html('you have selected: '+obj.id + ' ' + obj.value + ' (' + obj.info + ')'); }
};
$('#ctl00_contentModule_txtJQuerySearch').autoComplete(json_options);
I have the following method in C# Code behind (aspx.cs)
[System.Web.Services.WebMethod]
[System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptMethod]
public static string[] GetUserList(string input)
{
List<string> lUsers = new List<string>();
Server.DAL.SQLServer2005.User user = new Server.DAL.SQLServer2005.User();
Server.Info.AuthUser aUser = (Server.Info.AuthUser)HttpContext.Current.Session["AuthUser"];
List<Server.Info.User.UserDetails> users = user.GetUserList(aUser, input, 16, true);
users.ForEach(delegate(ReportBeam.Server.Info.User.UserDetails u)
{
lUsers.Add("(" + u.UserName + ")" + u.LastName + ", " + u.FirstName);
});
return lUsers.ToArray();
}
The error I get back is:
Server Error in '/WebPortal4' Application. Unknown web method
GetUserList. Parameter name: methodName
If I change any of the paraemeter names I get an error telling me the paremeter names are not in match. now that everything is as it should, it's bombing.
Any help would rock.

If your code is in a user control, (and not in the actual aspx), that might cause problems. I guess it shouldn't, but I've had problems with it myself, don't remember exactly how they looked, but in the end I retorted to placing my web methods in asmx files instead of aspx files, if they are to be reached from anything but the aspx itself, and it's been working out great =)

Getting the executed output of an aspx page after a short delay

I have an aspx page which has some javascript code like
<script>
setTimeout("document.write('" + place.address + "');",1);
</script>
As it is clear from the code it will going to write something on the page after a very short delay of 1 ms. I have created an another page to get the page executed by some query string and get its output. The problem is
I can not avoid the delay as simply writing document.write(place.address); will not print anything as it takes a little time to get values so if I set it in setTimeout for delayed output of 1 ms it always return me a value
If I request the output from another page using
System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient();
System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(wc.OpenRead("http://localhost:4859/Default.aspx?lat=" + lat + "&lng=" + lng));
string strData = sr.ReadToEnd();
I get the source code of the document instead of the desired output.
I would like to either avoid that delay or else delayed the client request output so that I get a desired value not the source code.
The JS on default.aspx is
<script type="text/javascript">
var geocoder;
var address;
function initialize() {
geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
var qs=new Querystring();
if(qs.get("lat") && qs.get("lng"))
{
geocoder.getLocations(new GLatLng(qs.get("lat"),qs.get("lng")),showAddress);
}
else
{
document.write("Invalid Access Or Not valid lat long is provided.");
}
}
function getAddress(overlay, latlng) {
if (latlng != null) {
address = latlng;
geocoder.getLocations(latlng, showAddress);
}
}
function showAddress(r) {
place = r.Placemark[0];
setTimeout("document.write('" + place.address + "');",1);
//document.write(place.address);
}
</script>
and the code on requestClient.aspx is as
System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient();
System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(wc.OpenRead("http://localhost:4859/Default.aspx?lat=" + lat + "&lng=" + lng));
string strData = sr.ReadToEnd();

I'm not a JavaScript expert, but I believe using document.write after the page has finished loading is a bad thing. You should be creating an html element that your JavaScript can manipulate, once the calculation is complete.
Elaboration
In your page markup, create a placeholder for where you want the address to appear:
<p id="address">Placeholder For Address</p>
In your JavaScript function, update that placeholder:
function showAddress(r) {
place = r.Placemark[0];
setTimeout("document.getElementById('address').innerHTML = '" + place.address + "';",1);
}

string strData = sr.ReadToEnd();
I get the source code of the document instead of the desired output
(Could you give a sample of the output. I don't think I've seen a web scraper work that way so that would help me to be sure. But if not this is a good example web scraper)
Exactly what are you doing with the string "strData" If you are just writing it out, I recommend you putting it in a Server side control (like a literal). If at all possible, I'd recommend you do this server side using .net rather than waiting 1 ms in javascript (which isn't ideal considering the possibility that 1 ms may or may not be an ideal amount of time to wait on a particular user's machine hence: "client side"). In a case like this and I had to do it client side I would use the element.onload event to determine if a page has finished loading.