Module: Hostelify

Defined in:
lib/hostelify.rb,
lib/hostelify/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.8.4"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.find(*args, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hostelify.rb', line 10

def self.find(*args, &block)
  options = { :currency => 'EUR', :date_from => Date.today+14, :directions => false, :robotstxt_check => false }
  options.merge!(args.pop) if args.last.kind_of? Hash
  
  if options[:robotstxt_check]
    robot_friendly = Robotstxt.allowed?('http://www.hostelworld.com', 'rowbot')
  else
    robot_friendly = true
  end
  
  if robot_friendly
    RestClient.head 'http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/' + options[:id].to_s do |response, request, result|
      redirect = response.headers[:location]
      redirect = redirect + '/directions' if options[:directions]
      date = Date.strptime(options[:date_from].to_s)
      options = {
        :date_from => date+1, 
        :date_to => date+8,
        :searchperformedflag => 1,
        :dynamicSearchFlag => 1,
        :packNo => 0,
        :currency => options[:currency]
      }
    
      RestClient.post redirect, options do |response, request, result|
        @resource = RestClient.get "http://www.hostelworld.com#{response.headers[:location]}", {:cookies => response.cookies}
      end
    end
    
    result = Hostelworld.parse @resource
  end
  

end