Parser extracts encoding from feed

lib/feed_me/feed_parser.rb

@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ def open(file)
       # parses the passed feed and identifeis what kind of feed it is
       # then returns a parser object
       def parse(feed)
-        if root = Nokogiri::XML(feed).root
+        document = Nokogiri::XML(feed)
+        if root = document.root 
           root.add_namespace_definition('atom', 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom')
           parsers.each do |parser|
             node = root.xpath(parser.root_node).first
             if node
-              return parser.new(node)
+              return parser.new(node, document.encoding)
             end
           end
         end
@@ -40,10 +41,13 @@ def parse(feed)
 
     end # class << self
 
-    def initialize(xml)
+    def initialize(xml, encoding)
       @xml = xml
+      @encoding = encoding
     end
 
+    attr_reader :encoding
+
   end
 
   class AtomFeedParser < FeedParser

spec/feed_parser_spec.rb

@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
     it_should_behave_like "all parsing methods"
   end
 
+  describe '#encoding' do
+    it "should return the encoding for an atom feed" do
+      @atom.encoding.should == 'UTF-8'
+    end
+
+    it "should return the encoding for an atom feed" do
+      @rss2.encoding.should == 'iso-8859-1'
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#title' do
     it "should be valid for an atom feed" do
       @atom.title.should == "Test feed"

spec/fixtures/welformed.rss2

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
 <rss version="2.0">
   <channel>
     <title>Lift Off News</title>