Module: GameFaqs::List

Extended by:
Caching
Defined in:
lib/gamefaqs/list.rb

Constant Summary collapse

PLATFORMS_PATH = 
"//ul.systems/li/a"
PLATFORMS_ID_PATH = 
"//form#search/select[@name=platform]/option"
GAMES_PATH = 
"//div.body/table/tr/td/a"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.faqs(game, type = nil, refresh = false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 106

def faqs(game, type=nil, refresh=false)
  faqs = cached_value("faqs-#{game.to_s.downcase}", [], refresh) do |faqs|
    url = game.homepage.sub(/\/home\//, "/game/")
    doc = Hpricot(open(url))
    GameFaqs.find_table(doc, /./, "table/tr") do |tr, header|
      faq = {}
      faq[:type] = header
      tr.search("td:eq(0)") do |td|
        td.search("a") do |a|
          review[:id] = GameFaqs.extract_id(a['href'])
          review[:title] = a.inner_html.strip
        end
      end
      tr.search("td:eq(1)") do |td|
        td.search("a") do |a|
          review[:author] = a.inner_html.strip
        end
      end
      tr.search("td:eq(2)") do |td|
        review[:score] = td.inner_html.strip
      end
      review[:game] = game   
      reviews << Review.new(review)
    end
  end
  if type
    types = FAQ::FAQ_TYPES
    raise ArgumentError.new("Type must be one of #{types.join(', ')}") unless types.include?(type.to_sym)
    faqs.reject { |faq| faq.type != type.to_sym}
  else
    faqs
  end
end

.games(platform, refresh = false) ⇒ Object

find all games (very expensive, takes nearly a minute, because of 27 html requests and resulting parsing)



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 21

def games(platform, refresh=false)
  platform = Platform.find(platform) unless platform.is_a?(Platform)
  cached_value("games-#{platform.to_s.downcase}", []) do |games|
    letters = ('a'..'z').to_a << '0'
    letters.each do |letter|
      doc = Hpricot(open("#{platform.homepage}list_#{letter}.html"))
      insert_games_to_array(games, doc, platform, /Games by/)
    end
  end
end

.games_by_genre(platform, genre, refresh = false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 32

def games_by_genre(platform, genre, refresh=false)
  platform = Platform.find(platform) unless platform.is_a?(Platform)
  cached_value("games_by_#{genre.downcase}-#{platform.to_s.downcase}", []) do |games|
    doc = Hpricot(open("#{platform.homepage}cat_#{Game.GENRES[genre]}.html"))
    insert_games_to_array(games, doc, platform, /Games by Category/)
  end
end

.platform_ids(refresh = false) ⇒ Object

find all IDs for every platform (cached, do only once)



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 141

def platform_ids(refresh=false)
  cached_value("game_ids", {}, refresh) do |ids|
    search_doc = Hpricot(open(SEARCH_URL))
    search_doc.search(PLATFORMS_ID_PATH).each do |option|
      ids[option['label']] = option['value']
    end
  end
end

.platforms(refresh = false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 10

def platforms(refresh=false)
  cached_value("platforms", [], refresh) do |platforms|
    systems_doc = Hpricot(open("#{GameFaqs::BASE_URL}/systems.html"))
    systems_doc.search(PLATFORMS_PATH).each do |link|
      name = link.inner_html
      platforms << Platform.new({:name => name, :homepage => link['href'], :id => platform_ids[name]})
    end
  end
end

.questions(game, refresh = false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 82

def questions(game, refresh=false)
  questions = cached_value("questions-#{game.to_s.downcase}", [], refresh) do |questions|
    url = game.homepage.sub(/\/home\//, "/qna/") << "?type=-1"
    doc = Hpricot(open(url))
    GameFaqs.find_table(doc, /Help$/, "table/tr") do |tr, header|
      question = {}
      question[:type] = header
      tr.search("td:eq(0)") do |td|
        td.search("a") do |a|
          question[:id] = GameFaqs.extract_question_id(a['href'])
          question[:title] = a.inner_html.strip
        end
      end
      tr.search("td:eq(1)") do |td|
        question[:status] = td.inner_html
      end
      tr.search("td:eq(2)") do |td|
        question[:replies] = td.inner_html
      end
      questions << Question.new(game, question[:id], question)
    end
  end
end

.reviews(game, type = nil, refresh = false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 48

def reviews(game, type=nil, refresh=false)
  reviews = cached_value("reviews-#{game.to_s.downcase}", [], refresh) do |reviews|
    url = game.homepage.sub(/\/home\//, "/review/")
    doc = Hpricot(open(url))
    GameFaqs.find_table(doc, /Reviews/, "table/tr") do |tr, header|
      review = {}
      review[:type] = Review.review_type(header)
      tr.search("td:eq(0)") do |td|
        td.search("a") do |a|
          review[:id] = GameFaqs.extract_id(a['href'])
          review[:title] = a.inner_html.strip
        end
      end
      tr.search("td:eq(1)") do |td|
        td.search("a") do |a|
          review[:author] = a.inner_html.strip
        end
      end
      tr.search("td:eq(2)") do |td|
        review[:score] = td.inner_html.strip
      end
      review[:game] = game   
      reviews << Review.new(review)
    end
  end
  if type
    types = Review::REVIEW_TYPES
    raise ArgumentError.new("Type must be one of #{types.join(', ')}") unless types.include?(type.to_sym)
    reviews.reject { |review| review.type != type.to_sym}
  else
    reviews
  end
end

.top_games(platform, refresh = false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gamefaqs/list.rb', line 40

def top_games(platform, refresh=false)
  platform = Platform.find(platform) unless platform.is_a?(Platform)
  cached_value("top_games-#{platform.to_s.downcase}", []) do |games|
    doc = Hpricot(open(platform.homepage))
    insert_games_to_array(games, doc, platform, /Top 10 Games/, "ul/li/a")
  end
end