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| require 'rss/2.0' | |
| require 'open-uri' | |
| require 'timeout' | |
| module PagesHelper | |
| def blog_feed | |
| html = "" | |
| begin | |
| status = Timeout::timeout(5) { | |
| source = BLOG_URL # url or local file | |
| content = "" # raw content of rss feed will be loaded here | |
| open(source) do |s| | |
| content = s.read | |
| end | |
| rss = RSS::Parser.parse(content, false) | |
| rss.items.first(5).each do |i| | |
| html << "<div class='pills-content'>" | |
| html << "<div>#{i.title}</div><div class='pills-content-link'><a href='#{i.link}' target='_blank'>View More</a></div>" | |
| html << "</div>" | |
| end | |
| } | |
| rescue Timeout::Error | |
| html << "That took too long, exiting..." | |
| end | |
| html | |
| end | |
| end |
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