Module: Base

Included in:
GoogleCurrencyExchange
Defined in:
lib/base.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#call_google_finance(amount, from, to) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/base.rb', line 2

def call_google_finance(amount, from, to)
  uri = URI('https://www.google.com/finance/converter')
  params = { :a => amount,:from => from, :to => to }
  uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
  # Google api will return an html object in response
  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
  extract_exchanged_amount(res.body)
end

#extract_exchanged_amount(data) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/base.rb', line 11

def extract_exchanged_amount(data)
  amount = data[/[bld]>(.*)</,1]
  if amount.nil?
    return "Check & correct currency codes"
  else
    return amount
  end
end