blog_feed

blog_feed

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