(Ruby) Read RSS Feed

Sample code showing how to read an RSS feed and emit the contents.

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require 'chilkat'

rss = Chilkat::CkRss.new()

# Download from the feed URL:
success = rss.DownloadRss("http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml")
if (success != true)
    print rss.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Get the 1st channel.
# rssChannel is a CkRss
rssChannel = rss.GetChannel(0)
if (rss.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print "No channel found in RSS feed." + "\n";
    exit
end

# Display the various pieces of information about the channel:
print "Title: " + rssChannel.getString("title") + "\n";
print "Link: " + rssChannel.getString("link") + "\n";
print "Description: " + rssChannel.getString("description") + "\n";

# For each item in the channel, display the title, link,
# publish date, and categories assigned to the post.
numItems = rssChannel.get_NumItems()

for i in 0 .. numItems - 1
    # rssItem is a CkRss
    rssItem = rssChannel.GetItem(i)

    print "----" + "\n";
    print "Title: " + rssItem.getString("title") + "\n";
    print "Link: " + rssItem.getString("link") + "\n";
    print "pubDate: " + rssItem.getString("pubDate") + "\n";

    numCategories = rssItem.GetCount("category")

    if (numCategories > 0)
        for j in 0 .. numCategories - 1
            print "    category: " + rssItem.mGetString("category",j) + "\n";
        end

    end

end