# Grab content from RSS feed

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grab-content-from-rss-feed/155218>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 9, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grab-content-from-rss-feed/155218 "2008-12-09T14:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bingobob)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grab-content-from-rss-feed/155218/1 "2008-12-09T14:49:50Z")

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I’m looking for a simple way to periodically (maybe daily) grab stuff  
out of an RSS feed drop it into a database and then display it in my  
app.

Any tips / walkthroughs?

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**Author:** ![bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bingobob)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grab-content-from-rss-feed/155218/2 "2008-12-09T18:19:11Z")

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> I’m looking for a simple way to periodically (maybe daily) grab stuff  
> out of an RSS feed drop it into a database and then display it in my  
> app.
> 
> Any tips / walkthroughs?

I’m sure there are several, but this is one…

[http://simple-rss.rubyforge.org/](http://simple-rss.rubyforge.org/)