Class: AvvoApi::Lawyer

Inherits:
Base
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/avvo_api/lawyer.rb

Overview

Represents a lawyer on Avvo. Attributes include:

  • id: The id of this lawyer

  • firstname: the first name of this lawyer

  • middlename: the middle name of this lawyer

  • lastname: the last name of this lawyer

  • suffix: the suffix of the lawyer’s name

  • email_address

  • website_url

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Base

Base::API_VERSION

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.resolve(params) ⇒ Object

Attempts to find a professional on Avvo that matches the passed-in params. Currently accepts the following params:

name

The full name of the lawyer you are trying to find

phone

The phone number of the lawyer, in the format XXX-XXX-XXXX

fax

The fax number of the lawyer, in the format XXX-XXX-XXXX

address

The full address of the lawyer

zip_code

The zip code of the lawyer

email_address

The e-mail address of the lawyer



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# File 'lib/avvo_api/lawyer.rb', line 51

def self.resolve(params)
  response = self.get(:resolve, :params => params)
  if response && response[collection_name]
    response[collection_name].map do |params|
      new(params.merge({"annotation" => response['annotation']}))
    end
  else
    raise ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound.new(response)
  end
end

.search(params) ⇒ Object

Search avvo for a list of the top 10 professionals matching the passed-in parameters. Accepts the following parameters:

q

The search query

loc

The location to search in

These parameters match the search boxes on the Avvo website.

This method pre-dates the REST API, and thus returns a hash of data rather than API objects. Hopefully, we’ll eventually come up with something better. To see an actual response, look at api.avvo.com/docs/get/lawyers/search.html



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# File 'lib/avvo_api/lawyer.rb', line 32

def self.search(params)
  response = self.get(:search, params)

  if response && response['num_results']
    response
  else
    raise ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound.new(response)
  end
end