# Logstash-input-rss undefined method author

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-rss-undefined-method-author/56916>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 1, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-rss-undefined-method-author/56916 "2016-08-01T17:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-rss-undefined-method-author/56916/2 "2016-08-01T20:48:18Z")

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There was a recent commit (below) that fixed a problem where it was assumed that posts had authors, but AFAICT that was only for Atom feeds and this feed doesn't look like an Atom field. Which version of the rss plugin are you using?

> <https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-rss/commit/1a4fae1377a3167ddc48d2c5e2234882540df131>

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