From 9ab739138121d638c01b93068cf1afb1b3e5e64b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Billy Chau <31171483+amztc34283@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:32:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] adding null check to external-posts.rb to avoid parsing
 failure (#2347)

Adjusting issue #2343 by adding null check.
---
 _plugins/external-posts.rb | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/_plugins/external-posts.rb b/_plugins/external-posts.rb
index 76b6243ffce9..fccaf09d7c67 100644
--- a/_plugins/external-posts.rb
+++ b/_plugins/external-posts.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def generate(site)
         site.config['external_sources'].each do |src|
           p "Fetching external posts from #{src['name']}:"
           xml = HTTParty.get(src['rss_url']).body
+          return if xml.nil?
           feed = Feedjira.parse(xml)
           feed.entries.each do |e|
             p "...fetching #{e.url}"