Module: PanlexClient

Defined in:

lib/panlex_client/panlex_client.rb

Overview

panlex_client namespace

Constant Summary

API_URL =

PanLex public API URL

'http://api.panlex.org/'

Class Method Summary

• .query(param, body) ⇒ Hash

  Send a request to PanLex API and return JSON.

Class Method Details

.query(param, body) ⇒ Hash

Send a request to PanLex API and return JSON.

Parameters:

• param (String) —

  PanLex API URL parameter

• body (#to_json) —

  The request body which includes the query parameters. Look at the global optional parameter and the specifics for each URL parameter

Returns:

• (Hash) —

  PanLex API response

Raises:

• (RestClient::ExceptionWithResponse) —

  if there is an error in the response. You can use e.response to access the PanLex API error response

# File 'lib/panlex_client/panlex_client.rb', line 12

def self.query(param, body)
  begin
    response = RestClient.post API_URL+param, body.to_json, { 'content-type' => :json, :accept => :json, 'accept-encoding' => 'gzip' }
    JSON.parse(response)
  rescue RestClient::ExceptionWithResponse => e
    raise e
  end
end