Module: Yahoo::Placemaker

Defined in:
lib/yahoo/placemaker.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/scope.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/place.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/lat_lng.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/extents.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/version.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/ancestor.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/document.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/response.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/reference.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/exception.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/local_scope.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/geographic_scope.rb,
lib/yahoo/placemaker/administrative_scope.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: AdministrativeScope, Ancestor, Document, Exception, Extents, GeographicScope, LatLng, LocalScope, Place, Reference, Response, Scope

Constant Summary

VERSION = 
"0.0.7"

Class Method Summary (collapse)

Class Method Details

+ (Object) extract(text = '', options = {})

Main method for interacting w/ the Yahoo! Placemaker API



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# File 'lib/yahoo/placemaker.rb', line 13

def self.extract (text = '', options = {})

  # TODO: make sure only valid options are passed in..

  unless defined?(Yahoo::Placemaker::APP_ID)
    raise Yahoo::Placemaker::Exception.new("Invalid APP_ID")
  end

  result = nil
  host = 'wherein.yahooapis.com'

  # These options need to be explicitly set!
  options['documentContent'] = text
  options['appid'] = Yahoo::Placemaker::APP_ID
  options['outputType'] = 'json'
  options['documentType'] = 'text/plain'

  req = ::Net::HTTP::Post.new('/v1/document')
  req.body = to_url_params(options)
  begin
    response = ::Net::HTTP.new(host).start do |http|
      http.request(req)
    end
    json = ::JSON.parse(response.body)

    result = Yahoo::Placemaker::Response.new(json)
  rescue Exception => e
   # puts e
    # Something has gone horribly wrong...
  end

  result

end