require 'hpricot' require 'rest_client' module Jkl def sanitize(text) str = "" text.to_s.gsub(/<\/?[^>]*>/, "").split("\r").each do |l| # remove tags l = l.chomp.gsub("\t",'').gsub(/\s{2,}/,'') # remove tabs and larger spaces str << l unless l.count(" ") < 5 # remove short lines - ususally just navigation end str end def from_doc(response) begin Hpricot(response) rescue URI::InvalidURIError => e puts("WARN: Problem with getting a connection: #{e}") rescue SocketError => e puts("WARN: Could not connect to feed: #{e}") rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED => e puts("WARN: Connection refused: #{e}") end end end