Class: GovKit::OpenCongress::OpenCongressObject
- Inherits:
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Object
- Object
- GovKit::OpenCongress::OpenCongressObject
- Defined in:
- lib/gov_kit/open_congress.rb
Overview
Parent class for classes that wrap OpenCongress data.
Unlike the wrapper classes for data from FollowTheMoney, OpenStates, TransparencyData, and VoteSmart, OpenCongressObject does not inherit from Resource
Direct Known Subclasses
Bill, BlogPost, NewsPost, Person, PersonStat, RollCall, RollCallComparison, VotingComparison
Class Method Summary collapse
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.construct_url(api_method, params) ⇒ Object
Create a query url, by adding the method path and query parameters to the base url of http://www.opencongress.org/api.
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.hash2get(h) ⇒ String
Convert a hash to a string of query parameters.
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.make_call(this_url) ⇒ Object
Get the data from OpenCongress data.
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.parse_supporting_results(result) ⇒ Object
Iterates through the array returned by OpenCongressObject.make_call, converting each hash to an OpenCongressObject subclass.
Instance Method Summary collapse
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#initialize(obj, params) ⇒ OpenCongressObject
constructor
A new instance of OpenCongressObject.
Constructor Details
#initialize(obj, params) ⇒ OpenCongressObject
Returns a new instance of OpenCongressObject.
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# File 'lib/gov_kit/open_congress.rb', line 24 def initialize(obj, params) params.each do |key, value| key = key.to_sym if RUBY_VERSION[0,3] == "1.9" instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value) if obj.instance_methods.include? key end end |
Class Method Details
.construct_url(api_method, params) ⇒ Object
Create a query url, by adding the method path and query parameters to the base url of http://www.opencongress.org/api.
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# File 'lib/gov_kit/open_congress.rb', line 33 def self.construct_url(api_method, params) url = nil getkey = GovKit::configuration.opencongress_apikey.nil? ? "" : "&key=#{GovKit::configuration.opencongress_apikey}" url = "http://#{GovKit::configuration.opencongress_base_url}api/#{api_method}?format=json#{hash2get(params)}#{getkey}" return url end |
.hash2get(h) ⇒ String
Convert a hash to a string of query parameters.
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# File 'lib/gov_kit/open_congress.rb', line 44 def self.hash2get(h) get_string = "" h.each_pair do |key, value| get_string += "&#{key.to_s}=#{CGI::escape(value.to_s)}" end get_string end |
.make_call(this_url) ⇒ Object
Get the data from OpenCongress data. Called by subclasses.
Parses the data using JSON.parse, which returns an array of hashes.
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# File 'lib/gov_kit/open_congress.rb', line 113 def self.make_call(this_url) result = nil begin result = JSON.parse(open(this_url).read) rescue => e puts e end return result end |
.parse_supporting_results(result) ⇒ Object
Iterates through the array returned by make_call, converting each hash to an OpenCongressObject subclass.
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# File 'lib/gov_kit/open_congress.rb', line 65 def self.parse_supporting_results(result) working = result["opencongress_users_tracking"] also_supporting_bills = [] working["also_supporting_bills"]["bill"].each do |bill| also_supporting_bills << Bill.new(bill) end also_opposing_bills = [] working["also_opposing_bills"]["bill"].each do |bill| also_opposing_bills << Bill.new(bill) end also_disapproved_senators = [] working["also_disapproved_senators"]["person"].each do |person| also_disapproved_senators << Person.new(person) end also_disapproved_representatives = [] working["also_disapproved_representatives"]["person"].each do |person| also_disapproved_representatives << Person.new(person) end also_approved_senators = [] working["also_approved_senators"]["person"].each do |person| also_approved_senators << Person.new(person) end also_approved_representatives = [] working["also_approved_representatives"]["person"].each do |person| also_approved_representatives << Person.new(person) end return {:also_supporting_bills => also_supporting_bills, :also_opposing_bills => also_opposing_bills, :also_disapproved_senators => also_disapproved_senators, :also_disapproved_representatives => also_disapproved_representatives, :also_approved_senators => also_approved_senators, :also_approved_representatives => also_approved_representatives} end |