public static boolean containsItem(String parserURL) {
        try {
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                    new InputStreamReader(new URL(parserURL).openStream()));

            String text = "";
            String inputLine;
            while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
                text = text + inputLine + "\n";
            in.close();

            if(text.contains("<item>"))
                return true;
            else
                return false;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            if(e.getMessage().contains("403 for URL")) {
                return containsItem(parserURL);
            }
        }
        return false;
    }