Class: Dictionary::Scraper

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/dictionary/scraper.rb

Constant Summary collapse

@@exception_count = 
0

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.get_word_of_day ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dictionary/scraper.rb', line 5

def self.get_word_of_day
    word_of_the_day = {}
    doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open("https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day"))
    wordname = doc.css('.word-header .word-and-pronunciation h2').text
    partofspeech = doc.css('.main-attr').text
    pronounciation = doc.css('.word-syllables').text
    definition = doc.css('.wod-definition-container p')[0].text
    word_of_the_day[:word_name] = wordname
    word_of_the_day[:part_of_speech] = partofspeech
    word_of_the_day[:pronounciation] = pronounciation
    word_of_the_day[:definition]= definition
    word_of_the_day[:date] = Date.today
    word_of_the_day[:word_type] = "daily"
    word_of_the_day
end

.search_for_word(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dictionary/scraper.rb', line 21

def self.search_for_word(word)
    word_searched = {}
    begin
        doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open("https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/#{word}"))
        
        wordname = doc.css('.hword')[0].text
        partofspeech = doc.css('.parts-of-speech a')[0].text
        pronounciation = doc.css('.play-pron-v2')[0].text
        word_definition = doc.css('.dtText').text
        definition = word_definition.to_s.gsub("\n", "")
        
        word_searched[:word_name] = wordname
        word_searched[:part_of_speech] = partofspeech
        word_searched[:pronounciation] = pronounciation
        word_searched[:definition] = definition
        word_searched[:word_type] = "search"
    rescue StandardError => e
        word_searched = nil
        # puts e
        @@exception_count += 1
    end
    word_searched
end