Make the feed parsing more robust

Gemfile.lock

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ GEM
     sprockets (2.1.2)
       hike (~> 1.2)
       rack (~> 1.0)
-      tilt (!= 1.3.0, ~> 1.1)
+      tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
     sqlite3 (1.3.5)
     thor (0.14.6)
     tilt (1.3.3)

app/models/feed.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "pp"
+
 class Feed < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :items
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ class Feed < ActiveRecord::Base
 	def fetch!
     Feedzirra::Feed.fetch_and_parse(url,
 			:on_success => lambda do |url, feed|
+        begin
           feed.entries.each do |entry|
             unless Item.exists?(:url => entry.url)
               entry.sanitize!
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ class Feed < ActiveRecord::Base
             end
           end
           by_url(url).update_attribute(:has_errors, false)
+        rescue Exception => e
+          pp e
+        end
 			end,
       :on_failure => lambda do |url, response_code, response_header, response_body|
         by_url(url).update_attribute(:has_errors, true)

app/models/item.rb

@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def self.create_from_feed_entry!(feed_entry)
     feed_entry.sanitize!
+
     self.create!(
       :title => feed_entry.title,
       :url => feed_entry.url,
-      :author => feed_entry.author,
+      :author => feed_entry.author || "Anonymous",
       :published_at => feed_entry.published,
-      :content => feed_entry.content
+      :content => feed_entry.content || feed_entry.summary || "No content available"
     )
   end