class ParseAtom include HTTParty # Support Atom along with the default parsers: xml, json, yaml, etc. class Parser::Atom < HTTParty::Parser SupportedFormats.merge!({"application/atom+xml" => :atom}) protected # perform atom parsing on body def atom body.to_atom end end parser Parser::Atom end class OnlyParseAtom include HTTParty # Only support Atom class Parser::OnlyAtom < HTTParty::Parser SupportedFormats = {"application/atom+xml" => :atom} protected # perform atom parsing on body def atom body.to_atom end end parser Parser::OnlyAtom end class SkipParsing include HTTParty # Parse the response body however you like class Parser::Simple < HTTParty::Parser def parse body end end parser Parser::Simple end class AdHocParsing include HTTParty parser( Proc.new do |body, format| case format when :json body.to_json when :xml body.to_xml else body end end ) end