# RSS feeds

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-feeds/101325>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-feeds/101325 "2006-08-04T09:22:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-feeds/101325/1 "2006-08-04T09:22:13Z")

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Hi all,  
Can anybody tell me how we can create RSS feed using Ruby on Rails.  
How do I go about constructing this RSS file? Can I find an example in  
any site?

regards,  
Prasad

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**Author:** ![prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-feeds/101325/2 "2006-08-04T09:32:08Z")

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[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoGenerateARSSFeed](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoGenerateARSSFeed)  
[http://rails.techno-weenie.net/question/2005/12/25/how\_can\_i\_generate\_rss\_fees\_in\_a\_rails\_app](http://rails.techno-weenie.net/question/2005/12/25/how_can_i_generate_rss_fees_in_a_rails_app)  
[http://www.recentrambles.com/pragmatic/view/47](http://www.recentrambles.com/pragmatic/view/47)

On 8/4/06, Surjya H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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> Rails mailing list  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

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**Author:** ![prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-feeds/101325/3 "2006-08-09T11:05:36Z")

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Thanks BorgÃ¾Ã³rsson, I generated an RSS 2.0 and copied and pasted the URL  
as a feed into Bloglines(a blog aggregator). It works perfectly fine  
only that the latest changes to the RSS is reflected only after 24  
hours. For instance, I am putting my mailbox contents as an RSS feed to  
bloglines. The mails that newly populate the inbox are only visible  
after a day. Can you throw some light into this.  
Thanks in advance  
Prasad

JÃ³n BorgÃ¾Ã³rsson wrote:

> [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoGenerateARSSFeed](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoGenerateARSSFeed)  
> [http://rails.techno-weenie.net/question/2005/12/25/how\_can\_i\_generate\_rss\_fees\_in\_a\_rails\_app](http://rails.techno-weenie.net/question/2005/12/25/how_can_i_generate_rss_fees_in_a_rails_app)  
> [http://www.recentrambles.com/pragmatic/view/47](http://www.recentrambles.com/pragmatic/view/47)
> 
> On 8/4/06, Surjya H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > * * *
> > 
> > Rails mailing list  
> > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)
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**Author:** ![prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-feeds/101325/4 "2006-08-15T14:19:42Z")

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On 8/9/06, Surjya H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Thanks Borgþórsson,

It’s actually “Thanks Jón Grétar” 🙂  
The name is Icelandic and we still use patronymic names instead of  
family names. Borgþórsson refers to my father and would translate as  
“The son of Borgþór” So my son would be [Somename] Jónson or The son  
of Jón. But enought about that… 😉

> I generated an RSS 2.0 and copied and pasted the URL  
> as a feed into Bloglines(a blog aggregator). It works perfectly fine  
> only that the latest changes to the RSS is reflected only after 24  
> hours. For instance, I am putting my mailbox contents as an RSS feed to  
> bloglines. The mails that newly populate the inbox are only visible  
> after a day. Can you throw some light into this.

That’s got to do with Bloglines. It’s just how they do things. Not  
sure if you can do anything about that.

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**Author:** ![prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-feeds/101325/5 "2006-08-09T16:52:51Z")

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On 8/9/06, Surjya H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Thanks BorgÃ¾Ã³rsson, I generated an RSS 2.0 and copied and pasted the URL  
> as a feed into Bloglines(a blog aggregator). It works perfectly fine  
> only that the latest changes to the RSS is reflected only after 24  
> hours.

That is a problem at Bloglines, they are crawling your feed  
infrequently.  
Check your server logs to see how often.
