I found the .feed_type
method for the feed object, and used it like so:
if response.feed_type == "rss"
puts "hey rss"
response.channel.items.each{ |item| links += "'#{item.link}'," }
elsif response.feed_type == "atom"
puts "hey atom"
response.entries.each{ |entry| links += "'#{entry.link.href}'," }
else
puts "something went wrong"
end