# Rss aggregator

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-aggregator/129046>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 13, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-aggregator/129046 "2008-02-13T19:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-aggregator/129046/1 "2008-02-13T19:22:35Z")

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There are a few rss aggregators which I like:

> **[TrawlR.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=trawlr.com)**
>
> Easy, affordable options for you to obtain the domain you want. Safe and secure shopping.

[http://www.gnome.org/projects/straw/](http://www.gnome.org/projects/straw/)  
[http://feed-on-feeds.googlecode.com/](http://feed-on-feeds.googlecode.com/)

However, none of them quite match my needs. Trawlr is nice, but I want  
the data in my own db so that I can work with the data if I like.

The straw project is nice, but they’re not using rails conventions.

Finally, feed-on-feeds is closest to what I want in that it aggregates  
feeds using standard LAMP (in this case, PHP). However, I like rails,  
so  
basically would like to clone/redo feed-on-feeds using rails.

So, I started:

[http://code.google.com/p/rfeeds/](http://code.google.com/p/rfeeds/)

Having a better grasp of how to use the relationships thanks largely to  
this list, I feel more capable of tackling something like this.

However, the primary concern is how to populate the database. I don’t  
mean putting some data into the migrations, or even loading data with  
SQL, but grabbing feed data from the internet.

How would I use something like:

[http://www.igvita.com/2007/03/22/agile-rss-aggregator-in-ruby/](http://www.igvita.com/2007/03/22/agile-rss-aggregator-in-ruby/)

to grab feeds?

thanks,

Thufir