# Using builder templates outside of controller

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-builder-templates-outside-of-controller/165048>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 8, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-builder-templates-outside-of-controller/165048 "2009-04-08T16:49:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adriano](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Adriano](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Adriano)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-builder-templates-outside-of-controller/165048/1 "2009-04-08T16:49:09Z")

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Hi,

I’m using a builder template to generate atom feeds.

So far so good, but I’d like to use the template inside a rake task to  
generate static files every 10 minutes or so.

Would anyone care to suggest a Rails idiomatic way to do it?

Thanks!

–  
Adriano