# Which library for reading RSS?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-library-for-reading-rss/98884>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 30, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-library-for-reading-rss/98884 "2006-01-30T17:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thomas_Mahier)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-library-for-reading-rss/98884/1 "2006-01-30T17:24:40Z")

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Hi all,

I’m looking for a library for reading RSS feeds. Do you know a good one  
?

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thomas_Mahier)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-library-for-reading-rss/98884/2 "2006-01-30T17:55:27Z")

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Hi Thomas ~

There is a code snippet that might be helpful here:

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>
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REXML is the tool to use,  
[http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml/](http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml/),  
with XML.

~ Ben

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thomas_Mahier)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-library-for-reading-rss/98884/3 "2006-01-30T18:22:48Z")

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I have used simpleRSS for reading and storing news stories… Worked like  
a  
charm.

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Thomas\_Mahier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thomas_Mahier)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-library-for-reading-rss/98884/4 "2006-01-30T20:52:08Z")

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I second SimpleRSS. There is also the standard Ruby RSS library, but  
SimpleRSS doesn’t blow up as easily as the standard library when parsing  
bad XML.

Brandt Lofton wrote:

> I have used simpleRSS for reading and storing news stories… Worked like  
> a  
> charm.