gistfile1.txt

require 'simple-rss'

class Parser
  puts "parser"

  class RssParser
    puts "rss_parser"

    def self.perform(rss_url)
      begin
        puts "called right method"
        @rss = SimpleRss.parse open(rss_url)
      end

    end

  end

  class HtmlParser

    def self.perform(params)

    end

  end

end


# and trying to call it (from another file)
RAILS_ENV = "development"

require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../config/environment"
require "../lib/parser.rb"

RssParser.perform("http://seattle.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=2&subAreaID=&query=vstrom&catAbb=sss&format=rss")