Rails - Sep 2012 - Parsing data and create record when app starts

Hello,
I''m a newbie and would be appreciated for any help.

So that''s the situation: I try to build a simple rails app which will
give users an opportunity to manage a list of some product. But except
creating by user, some products list should be loaded into the view when
app starts. This list is produced by parsing information from a
web-site. I''ve already write a ruby script which collects the data and
push it into "Product" object.

And now, how to implement that in rails app enviroment?
Here I have "Product" model with the required parameters, but where I
should implement initial creating these products (when app starts) to
see them at the view?
Something like that:

=========== some_file.rb(model?conroller?) ==========
def pull_data(WEBSITE_URL)
...
# parsing data into initial_products array
...
# creating new records according to the parsed objects
  initial_products.each do |p|
     Product.new(p.field1, p.field2, ...)
  end
...
end

============== product.rb =============
class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible %list of parameters%
end

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> products list should be loaded into the view when
> app starts.
In Rails, apps don''t start.  Instead, web browsers send requests to 
urls, which your app then directs to the proper controller and action. 
So I would start by reading the Rails Guide about routing to figure out 
how to write simple routes.  Then you can route a chosen url to a 
certain controller in your app and to a certain action in that 
controller.  The action can then provide the data that the view will 
display, i.e. your Products.

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Hmm, I think I get it. Thanks.

And now it works just as I planned.

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