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# access an http basic feed. You can't do this in a bulk feed get. It has to be when getting only one.
Feedzirra::Feed.fetch_and_parse(some_url, :http_authentication => ["username", "password"])

# You can add custom parsing to the feed entry classes. Say you want the wfw:comments fields in an entry
Feedzirra::Feed.add_common_feed_entry_element("wfw:commentRss", :as => :comment_rss)
# The arguments are the same as the SAXMachine arguments for the element method. For more example usage look at the RSSEntry and
# AtomEntry classes. Now you can access those in an atom feed:
Feedzirra::Feed.parse(some_atom_xml).entries.first.comment_rss_ # => wfw:commentRss is now parsed!

# and the new accessors for feed entries
entry.id       # => the atom id or rss guid
entry.modified # => the modified time of the post