Including iTunes data into ruby output of RSS2.0...?

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Hey all,

I’d like to include the iTunes XML data into my RSS feed, generated with
the code below:

xml.rss ‘version’ => ‘2.0’, ‘xmlns:itunes’ =>
‘Connecting to the iTunes Store.’ do
xml.channel do
xml.title ‘Title here’
xml.author ‘Everyone’
xml.description ‘Description here’
xml.link(@base_url + url_for(:controller => ‘/programs’))
xml.language ‘en-us’

… However, the iTunes XML tags aren’t a single word (e.g.,
“description”). Instead, they’re tags with subtags, like the output
here:

<itunes:image
href=“http://example.com/podcasts/everything/AllAboutEverything.jpg” />
itunes:authorauthor</itunes:author>

How could I generate this within the Ruby code? My attempts so far have
failed… :-!

Thanks!

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On Jun 7, 2006, at 9:15 PM, Dave wrote:

xml.author 'Everyone'

AllAboutEverything.jpg" />
itunes:authorauthor</itunes:author>

How could I generate this within the Ruby code? My attempts so far
have
failed… :-!

Try taking a look at the ‘plist’ gem [1]. The Apple xml format is a
bit different and needs to be handled as a special case.

cr

[1] http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/plist/ (or do “gem install
plist” if you have rubygems installed)

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[email protected] wrote:

xml.channel do
<itunes:image
cr

[1] http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/plist/ (or do “gem install plist”
if you have rubygems installed)

I think he means iTunes podcasting:

Search this page for ‘namespace’:
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Builder/XmlMarkup.html

I think the syntax in this case would be:
xml.itunes(:description, ‘Description here’)

-Ross