Module: Crown::BackType

Defined in:
lib/crown/backtype.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.count(uri, api_key, proxy_host = nil, proxy_port = nil) ⇒ Object

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count

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# File 'lib/crown/backtype.rb', line 46

def count(uri, api_key, proxy_host = nil, proxy_port = nil)
    return 0 if (api_key == nil)
    
    begin
        session = Net::HTTP.new('api.backtype.com', 80, proxy_host, proxy_port)
        path = '/tweetcount.json?q=' + CGI.escape(uri) + '&key=' + api_key
        response = Crown::HTTP.get(session, path)
        return nil if (response == nil || response.code.to_i != 200)
        
        json = JSON.parse(response.body)
        return json["tweetcount"].to_i
    rescue Exception
        return 0
    end
end