# Grabbing xml feeds faster

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grabbing-xml-feeds-faster/108055>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 28, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grabbing-xml-feeds-faster/108055 "2007-06-28T19:59:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![charlie\_caroff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@charlie\_caroff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/charlie_caroff)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grabbing-xml-feeds-faster/108055/1 "2007-06-28T19:59:12Z")

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Hi, I’m grabbing a bunch of xml feeds and putting them into a page.  
I’d like to grab them in parallel, or otherwise get them faster. Any  
ideas?

Charlie

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**Author:** ![charlie\_caroff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@charlie\_caroff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/charlie_caroff)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grabbing-xml-feeds-faster/108055/2 "2007-06-28T20:04:14Z")

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Hello -

On 28-Jun-07, at 1:57 PM, charlie caroff wrote:

> Hi, I’m grabbing a bunch of xml feeds and putting them into a page.  
> I’d like to grab them in parallel, or otherwise get them faster. Any  
> ideas?
> 
> Charlie

at [the-soup.net](http://the-soup.net) we use Backgroundrb to read feeds using FeedTools.

Feedtools (although not presently supported) has the advantage of  
caching feed entries so you don’t burden the feed provider.

And then we store the entries for use in the view.

Cheers,  
Jodi  
[the-soup.net](http://the-soup.net) “don’t work with strangers”  
www.nnovation.ca/blog