Undefined method for nil:NIlClass

[DBARUNNER]

here is the logstash configuration
input
{
rss
{
interval => 60000
url => "http://internews.org/rss.xml"
type => "tribune"
}
}

filter
{
if [type] == "tribune"
{
ruby
{
code => "require 'digest/md5';
event.set('[@metadata]''[computed_id]', Digest::MD5.hexdigest(event.get('[message]')))"
}
}

}
output
{
stdout { codec => dots }
if [type] == "tribune"
{
elasticsearch
{
hosts => "10.20.1.123"
index => "rss_index_world"
document_type => "tribune"
document_id => "%{[@metadata][computed_id]}"
}
}

}

when i run it give me the "nown error while parsing the feed {:url=>"http://pashtovoa.com/api/zpktve-put", :exception=>#<NoMethodError: undefined method `items' for nil:NilClass>}

[fmbento]

Hi @DBARUNNER ,

Were you able to fix this? I'm facing the same issue with any RSS Feed I through at it, logstash 5.6.4

Appreciate the sharing! Thanks.

[fmbento]

Ops, bad RSS feeds...

Now I have a new one: "tag is too much in tag <item>"

[matthew-williams]

This is the error I am getting over and over. Similar

[2018-01-05T09:53:27,235][INFO ][logstash.inputs.beats ] Beats inputs: Starting input listener {:address=>"0.0.0.0:5044"}
[2018-01-05T09:53:27,238][INFO ][logstash.inputs.rss ] Registering RSS Input {:url=>"https://threatpost.com/category/vulnerabilities/feed", :interval=>300}
[2018-01-05T09:53:27,242][INFO ][logstash.inputs.udp ] Starting UDP listener {:address=>"0.0.0.0:5140"}
[2018-01-05T09:53:27,245][INFO ][logstash.pipeline ] Pipeline main started
[2018-01-05T09:53:27,250][INFO ][logstash.inputs.udp ] UDP listener started {:address=>"0.0.0.0:5140", :receive_buffer_bytes=>"106496", :queue_size=>"2000"}
[2018-01-05T09:53:27,252][INFO ][logstash.inputs.rss ] Polling RSS {:url=>"https://threatpost.com/category/vulnerabilities/feed"}
[2018-01-05T09:53:27,269][INFO ][org.logstash.beats.Server] Starting server on port: 5044
[2018-01-05T09:53:27,333][INFO ][logstash.agent ] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2018-01-05T09:53:28,205][ERROR][logstash.inputs.rss ] Uknown error while parsing the feed {:url=>"https://threatpost.com/category/vulnerabilities/feed", :exception=>#<NoMethodError: undefined method `items' for nil:NilClass>}
[2018-01-05T09:53:28,206][INFO ][logstash.inputs.rss ] Command completed {:command=>nil, :duration=>0.954}