Class: OpenCongressApi::Base

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/opencongress_api/fetcher/base.rb

Direct Known Subclasses

Fetcher::Bills, Fetcher::People

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Base

Returns a new instance of Base.



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# File 'lib/opencongress_api/fetcher/base.rb', line 19

def initialize
  @type = nil
end

Instance Method Details

#fetch(options = {}) ⇒ Object

Fetch and parse a response based on a set of options Override this method to ensure necessary options are passed for the request



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# File 'lib/opencongress_api/fetcher/base.rb', line 28

def fetch(options = {})
  url = build_url(options)
  puts "Getting #{url}"

  json = get_response(url)

  if self.is_json?
    data = JSON.parse(json)
  else
    data = XmlSimple.xml_in(json)
  end

  # TODO: Raise hell if there is a problem

  collection = OpenCongressApi::Collection.build(json_result(data))
  collection.map!{|result| format_result(result)}
end