create test rss feed

rssfeed.rb

# Create a test RSS feed based on the .mp3 files in the current directory.
# Usage: ruby rssfeed.rb > rss.xml

# ==== RSS header ===========================================================
header_markup = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
      <channel>
        <title>Your title goes here</title>
        <description>Your RSS feed description goes here</description>
        <link>http://www.rssFeedFolder.com/</link>
        <language>en</language>
        <copyright>rssFeedFolder.com</copyright>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:58:26 CST</pubDate>
        <lastBuildDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:58:26 CST</lastBuildDate>
        <generator>rssFeedFolder.com</generator>
        <ttl>30</ttl>
        <atom:link href="http://www.yourdomain.com/yourfeed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
        <image>
          <title>Your title goes here</title>
          <url>http://www.rssFeedFolder.com/images/rssFeedFolderLogo.gif</url>
          <link>http://www.rssFeedFolder.com/</link>
          <description>your RSS feed description goes here</description>
        </image>
'

# ==== RSS item =============================================================
item_markup   = '
        <item>
          <title>Your first feed file goes here</title>
          <description>A brief description of the file goes here</description>
          <link>http://www.yourdomain.com/rssfeedfolder/file1.html</link>
          <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yourdomain.com/rssfeedfolder/file1.html</guid>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:19:42 CST</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.rssFeedFolder.com/">rssFeedFolder.com</source>
          <enclosure url="http://localhost:8080/%%filename%%" length="%%length%%" type="audio/mpeg" />
        </item>
'
# ==== RSS footer =============================================================
footer_markup = '
      </channel>
    </rss>
'

# ==== some code ============================================================
puts header_markup

Dir.glob("*.mp3").each do |item_file|
  puts item_markup.gsub(/%%filename%%/, item_file).gsub(/%%length%%/, File.size(item_file).to_s)
end

puts footer_markup