Class: Gameday

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/gameday.rb

Constant Summary collapse

GD2_MLB_BASE =

Change this to point to the server you are reading Gameday data from

"http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game"

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Gameday

Returns a new instance of Gameday.



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# File 'lib/gameday.rb', line 16

def initialize
  super
end

Instance Method Details

#convert_to_two_digit_str(number) ⇒ Object

Converts numbers to two character strings by prepending a ‘0’ if number is less than 10.



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# File 'lib/gameday.rb', line 47

def convert_to_two_digit_str(number)
  if number < 10
    return '0'+number.to_s
  else
    return number.to_s
  end
end

#get_all_gids_for_date(year, month, day) ⇒ Object

Returns an array of game id’s for the given date



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# File 'lib/gameday.rb', line 22

def get_all_gids_for_date(year, month, day)
  begin 
    gids = []
    url = GamedayUtil.build_day_url(year, month, date)
    connection = GamedayUtil.get_connection(url)
    if connection
      @hp = Hpricot(connection) 
      a = @hp.at('ul')  
      (a/"a").each do |link|
        if link.inner_html.include?('gid')
          str = link.inner_html
          gids.push str[5..str.length-2]
        end
      end
    end
    connection.close
    return gids
  rescue
    puts "No games data found for #{year}, #{month}, #{day}."
  end
end