---
title: 'RB: Blog Feed'
position: 1
description: "This example will output blog details to the terminal for the author specified, limited to five results."
layout: full
canonical_url: blog_feed.html
---              
<span class="fa-pull-left top-of-tutorial-repo-link"><span class="first-word">Full</span>, runnable src of [Blog Feed](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/devportal/-/tree/master/tutorials/ruby/tutorials/01_blog_feed) can be downloaded as part of: [tutorials/ruby](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/devportal/-/tree/master/tutorials/ruby).</span>
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### Script

The script parses the creation date, assuming Zulu timezone (AKA UTC).

The output will be the latest five posts/reblogs for the account specified.  If the author is the same as the account specified, it is assumed to be a post by this account.  Otherwise, it is assumed to be a reblog.

It also counts the words in the content body by splitting the text into an array of strings, delimited by whitespace.

Finally, it creates the canonical URL by combining `parent_permlink`, `author`, and `permlink`.

### To Run

First, set up your workstation using the steps provided in [Getting Started](https://developers.hive.io/tutorials-ruby/getting_started).  Then you can create and execute the script (or clone from this repository):

```bash
git clone git@github.com:steemit/devportal-tutorials-rb.git
cd devportal-tutorials-rb/tutorials/01_blog_feed
bundle install
ruby blog_feed.rb steemitblog
```

### Example Output

```
2018-03-24 17:30:36 UTC
  Post: Happy 2nd Birthday Hive Blockchain
  By: steemitblog
  Words: 301
  https://hive.blog/steem/@steemitblog/happy-2nd-birthday-steem-blockchain
2018-03-07 20:56:36 UTC
  Post: Join Team Hive at TokenFest!
  By: steemitblog
  Words: 104
  https://hive.blog/steemit/@steemitblog/join-team-steemit-at-tokenfest
2018-02-27 20:18:36 UTC
  Post: Smart Media Token Development
  By: steemitblog
  Words: 699
  https://hive.blog/smt/@steemitblog/smart-media-token-development
2018-02-25 20:55:24 UTC
  Reblog: I filmed this video of @ned @pkattera and @sneak talking about the SMTs and the future of Hive
  By: ruwan
  Words: 89
  https://hive.blog/steemit/@ruwan/i-filmed-this-video-of-ned-pkattera-and-sneak-talking-about-the-smts-and-the-future-of-steemit
2018-02-22 17:41:00 UTC
  Post: HIVE 및 HBD가 GOPAX에 상장되었습니다
  By: steemitblog
  Words: 317
  https://hive.blog/gopax/@steemitblog/steem-hbd-gopa
```


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