Class: AppStore::Application

Inherits:
Base
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/app_store/application.rb

Overview

Represents an application in the AppStore.

Available attributes:

  • average_user_rating: average rating from all user_reviews.

  • user_rating_count: user_reviews count.

  • release_date: release date on the AppStore for the application.

  • description: application description.

  • screenshots: array of Image objects for screenshots.

  • item_id: application id.

  • version: application version.

  • company: a Company object, the one which submit the application.

  • title: application title.

  • price: price of the application on the Apple AppStore.

  • icon: Image object of the application icon.

  • size: size of the application in byte.

Examples

@applications = AppStore::Application.search('upnp')
@applications.class            # => Array
@applications.length           # => 8
@applications.first.title      # => "PlugPlayer"
@applications.first.price      # => 4.99

Find an application by id

@fontpicker = AppStore::Application.find_by_id(327076783)
@fontpicker.class             # => AppStore::Application
@fontpicker.title             # => "FontPicker"
@fontpicker.price             # => 0.0
@fontpicker.company.title     # => "Etienne Segonzac"

Medias

@fontpicker.screenshots           # => [#<AppStore::Image:0x1017683e0 @width=320, @ra ...
@fontpicker.screenshots.first.url # => "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/017/Purple/c4/99/6d/mzl.jtoxfers.480x480-75.jpg"
@fontpicker.icon.url              # => "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/026/Purple/39/40/54/mzl.yrrhymuu.100x100-75.jpg"

User reviews

@remote = AppStore::Application.find_by_id(284417350)
@remote.title                # => "Remote"
@remote.user_reviews.length  # => 10

@review = @remote.user_reviews.first

@review.user_name            # => "Ebolavoodoo on Aug 27, 2009"
@review.average_user_rating  # => 1.0
@review.text                 # => "Simply amazing. My new favorite app. Instantly responds. Easy to navigate and control. For those who say it doesn't work. Stinks to be you."

Constant Summary collapse

ApplicationURL = 
"http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware"

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Attributes inherited from Base

#raw

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Helper::Plist

#plist

Constructor Details

#initialize(attrs = {}) ⇒ Application

Returns a new instance of Application.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 84

def initialize(attrs = {})
  @screenshots ||= []
  super
end

Instance Attribute Details

#artworks ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute artworks.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 55

def artworks
  @artworks
end

#company ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute company.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 55

def company
  @company
end

#icon ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute icon.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 55

def icon
  @icon
end

#icon_thumbnail ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute icon_thumbnail.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 55

def icon_thumbnail
  @icon_thumbnail
end

#price ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute price.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 55

def price
  @price
end

#screenshots ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute screenshots.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 55

def screenshots
  @screenshots
end

#size ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute size.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 55

def size
  @size
end

Class Method Details

.find_by_id(id, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Search an Application by its id. Accepts only one id and returns an Application instance.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 69

def self.find_by_id(id, options = {})
  client = options[:client] || AppStore::Client.new
  plist = client.get(AppStore::Client::ApplicationURL, :id => id)
  # TODO : Check if everything was right before instancianting
  new :client => client, :plist => plist['item-metadata']
end

.search(text, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Search an Application by a text. Returns an array with matching application or an empty array if no result found.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 78

def self.search(text, options = {})
  client = options[:client] || AppStore::Client.new
  plist = client.get(AppStore::Client::SearchURL, :media => 'software', :term => text)
  AppStore::List.new :client => client, :list => plist['items']
end

Instance Method Details

#itunes_url ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 98

def itunes_url
  "#{ApplicationURL}?id=#{item_id}"
end

#user_reviews ⇒ Object

Returns an AppStore::List of UserReview objects.



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# File 'lib/app_store/application.rb', line 90

def user_reviews
  if @user_reviews.nil?
    plist = @client.get(@raw['view-user-reviews-url'])
    @user_reviews = AppStore::List.new(:list => plist['items'])
  end
  @user_reviews
end