How do I make an RSS/Atom feed in Rails 3?
I'm pretty new to Rails 3, and I'm trying to make an RSS/Atom feed. I know about auto_discovery_link_tag, but what is the associated controller/action supposed to look like?
Thanks!
Auto_discovery_link_tag is a good start. A quick Google search and I found blog posts on How to Create an RSS feed in Rails. Let me fill you in on what your associated controller/action is supposed to look like:
controllers/posts_controller.rb
def feed
@posts = Post.all(:select => "title, author, id, content, posted_at", :order => "posted_at DESC", :limit => 20)
respond_to do |format|
format.html
format.rss { render :layout => false } #index.rss.builder
end
end
The name of this file should match the controller. See, below:
views/posts/feed.rss.builder
xml.instruct! :xml, :version => "1.0"
xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
xml.channel do
xml.title "Your Blog Title"
xml.description "A blog about software and chocolate"
xml.link posts_url
for post in @posts
xml.item do
xml.title post.title
xml.description post.content
xml.pubDate post.posted_at.to_s(:rfc822)
xml.link post_url(post)
xml.guid post_url(post)
end
end
end
end
This is where all the Railsy magic happens. Here, the RSS feed XML is generated and returned to HTTP.
Using the auto_discovery_link_tag:
In the controller:
respond_to do |format|
format.html
format.atom {render action: 'index', layout: false}
end