atom-tools is a Ruby library for parsing and creating Atom feeds and entries, and for manipulating collections of entries using the Atom Publishing Protocol (RFC 5023).

It tries to abstract away all the nasty HTTP and XML details, and provide complete coverage of the major Atom specifications. It’s probably most useful for Atom Publishing Protocol clients and servers, but if the only feeds you’re dealing with are Atom then it can take the place of something like feedtools.

To get going, just gem install atom-tools

• ExampleCode — see it in action
• AtomToolsFaq — frequently asked questions
• atom-tools license — X11/MIT

Brendan Taylor , with contributions by Simon Rozet , Adrian Hosey and others.