Hi,
I am looking to sort through the various options for processing RSS/Atom
feeds in Ruby.
I did some basic research, and FeedTools looks like the incumbent option,
though many (old)
blog posts warned that it is only minimally maintained (if at all).
FeedZirra looks very popular,
has been recommended here, and activity is pretty high.
Does anyone have a complete list of all the library options? ( a link to a
roundup article/blog post
would be great)
Does anyone have a particular favourite? Why you prefer it over other
options?
Posting links to reasonably up to date articles would be best. Google
searches are turning up
older articles predominantly, and thats not a good sign IMO.
High on my list of features is:
- Heroku compatibility.
- Easy to use in a way that respects the feeds source
- Allows me to treat RSS/Atom the same
I've been down the road of creating a parser for these and, in my
experience, it turns out to be a YAGNI, because an XML parser works
well enough.
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On Jun 22, 8:09 pm, Richard Conroy <richard.con...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I am looking to sort through the various options for processing RSS/Atom
feeds in Ruby.
I did some basic research, and FeedTools looks like the incumbent option,
though many (old)
blog posts warned that it is only minimally maintained (if at all).
FeedZirra looks very popular,
has been recommended here, and activity is pretty high.
Does anyone have a complete list of all the library options? ( a link to a
roundup article/blog post
would be great)
Does anyone have a particular favourite? Why you prefer it over other
options?
Posting links to reasonably up to date articles would be best. Google
searches are turning up
older articles predominantly, and thats not a good sign IMO.
High on my list of features is:
- Heroku compatibility.
- Easy to use in a way that respects the feeds source
- Allows me to treat RSS/Atom the same
Hi,
I am looking to sort through the various options for processing RSS/Atom
feeds in Ruby.
I did some basic research, and FeedTools looks like the incumbent option,
though many (old)
blog posts warned that it is only minimally maintained (if at all).
FeedZirra looks very popular,
has been recommended here, and activity is pretty high.
Does anyone have a complete list of all the library options? ( a link to a
roundup article/blog post
would be great)
Does anyone have a particular favourite? Why you prefer it over other
options?
Posting links to reasonably up to date articles would be best. Google
searches are turning up
older articles predominantly, and thats not a good sign IMO.
High on my list of features is:
- Heroku compatibility.
- Easy to use in a way that respects the feeds source
- Allows me to treat RSS/Atom the same
A bit low level aren't they? Don't really want to get my hands too dirty
with Schema formats etc. Want something that is simple enough to
use and has respectable performance (which won't be the case with
anything I hand-write).
Thanks for the feedback.
Richard
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Intransition <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 22, 8:09 pm, Richard Conroy <richard.con...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am looking to sort through the various options for processing
RSS/Atom
> feeds in Ruby.
> Does anyone have a complete list of all the library options? ( a link to
a
> roundup article/blog post
> would be great)
> Does anyone have a particular favourite? Why you prefer it over other
> options?
Nokogiri, LibXML-Ruby, REXML
I've been down the road of creating a parser for these and, in my
experience, it turns out to be a YAGNI, because an XML parser works
well enough.
I've heard good tings about feedzirra (the top listed there) although
I have not used it personally. There was a bit of buzz about it last
year.
enjoy,
-jeremy
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 07:43:02PM +0900, Richard Conroy wrote:
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Intransition <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 22, 8:09 pm, Richard Conroy <richard.con...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am looking to sort through the various options for processing
> RSS/Atom
> > feeds in Ruby.
>
> > Does anyone have a complete list of all the library options? ( a link to
> a
> > roundup article/blog post
> > would be great)
> > Does anyone have a particular favourite? Why you prefer it over other
> > options?
>
> Nokogiri, LibXML-Ruby, REXML
>
> I've been down the road of creating a parser for these and, in my
> experience, it turns out to be a YAGNI, because an XML parser works
> well enough.
>
>
A bit low level aren't they? Don't really want to get my hands too dirty
with Schema formats etc. Want something that is simple enough to
use and has respectable performance (which won't be the case with
anything I hand-write).