# Feed normalizer and Atom **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feed-normalizer-and-atom/149335 "2008-09-23T20:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feed-normalizer-and-atom/149335/1 "2008-09-23T20:04:08Z")
Hi all - I can’t find any feed normalizer groups, so I’m trying here. In trying to parse an Atom feed with feed normalizer 1.5.1 and Ruby 1.8.7-p72, I get this error: > > feed = FeedNormalizer::FeedNormalizer.parse open(‘[http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml](http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml)’) > > NoMethodError: undefined method `channel' for # from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feed-normalizer-1.5.1/ lib/parsers/rss.rb:51:in `package’ > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feed-normalizer-1.5.1/ > > lib/parsers/rss.rb:23:in `parse' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feed-normalizer-1.5.1/ lib/feed-normalizer.rb:130:in `parse’ > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feed-normalizer-1.5.1/ > > lib/feed-normalizer.rb:129:in `each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feed-normalizer-1.5.1/ lib/feed-normalizer.rb:129:in `parse’ > > from (irb):2 Anyone have any idea what this is about? It’s true that RSS:⚛:Feed doesn’t define a ‘channel’ method, and the normalizer is trying to call it, but I’m not sure what the path to resolution is. Thought maybe someone here might. ---
**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feed-normalizer-and-atom/149335/2 "2008-09-24T00:19:03Z")
Try doing this FeedNormalizer::FeedNormalizer.parse(xml, :force\_parser =\> FeedNormalizer::SimpleRssParser) This :force\_parser setting will try to avoid calling the method that contains this call to `channel’ Dan ---
**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feed-normalizer-and-atom/149335/3 "2008-09-24T00:45:25Z")
I forgot, you might also want to add the :try\_others =\> true option in there as well ---
**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feed-normalizer-and-atom/149335/4 "2008-09-24T05:49:00Z")
Thanks so much, Dan. :force\_parser did the trick, and I added :try\_others to my parse calls for good measure. Much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feed-normalizer-and-atom/149335/5 "2009-11-28T08:43:38Z")
Hi Dan… Currently working on FeedNormalizer, feed parsing, Have tried all the things… this code is woking fine to fetch .rss/rss feed/other feed types but when I try to fetch atom.xml file… Like say for eg. fetch any URL like “[http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml](http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml)” with this simple code, rss =“[http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml](http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml)” rss = FeedNormalizer::FeedNormalizer.parse (rss, :force\_parser =\> FeedNormalizer::SimpleRssParser, :try\_others =\> true) its giving me this error, NoMethodError in FeedController#create undefined method `channel’ for #RSS::Atom::Feed:0xb6fd9a88 As u have said, this :force\_parser setting try to avoid calling the method that contains this call to `channel’, I have included in my code but its not working at all… Awaiting for reply, Thanks in Advance ---
**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 9:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feed-normalizer-and-atom/149335/6 "2009-11-28T09:32:01Z")
Naresh Rana wrote: > Hi Dan… > Currently working on FeedNormalizer, feed parsing, > > Have tried all the things… this code is woking fine to fetch .rss/rss > feed/other feed types but when I try to fetch atom.xml file… > > Like say for eg. fetch any URL like > “[http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml](http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml)” with this simple code, > rss =“[http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml](http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml)” > rss = FeedNormalizer::FeedNormalizer.parse (rss, :force\_parser =\> > FeedNormalizer::SimpleRssParser, :try\_others =\> true) > > its giving me this error, > > NoMethodError in FeedController#create > undefined method `channel’ for #RSS::Atom::Feed:0xb6fd9a88 > > As u have said, this :force\_parser setting try to avoid calling the > method that > contains this call to `channel’, I have included in my code but its not > working at all… > > Awaiting for reply, > > Thanks in Advance ====== Done… just have written code something like this, feed\_url = “[http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml](http://www.atomenabled.org/atom.xml)” rss = FeedNormalizer::FeedNormalizer.parse(open(feed\_url), :force\_parser =\> FeedNormalizer::SimpleRssParser) Its working now…