Class: GovKit::OpenStatesResource

Inherits:

Resource

• Object
• Resource
• GovKit::OpenStatesResource

Defined in:

lib/gov_kit/open_states.rb

Overview

Parent class for OpenStates resources See openstates.sunlightlabs.com/api/

Direct Known Subclasses

GovKit::OpenStates::Action, GovKit::OpenStates::Address, GovKit::OpenStates::Bill, GovKit::OpenStates::Committee, GovKit::OpenStates::Legislator, GovKit::OpenStates::Role, GovKit::OpenStates::Source, GovKit::OpenStates::Sponsor, GovKit::OpenStates::State, GovKit::OpenStates::Version, GovKit::OpenStates::Vote

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Resource

#attributes, #raw_response

Class Method Summary

• .get_uri(uri, options = {}) ⇒ Object

  Do a GET query, with optional parameters.

Methods inherited from Resource

#initialize, instantiate, instantiate_collection, parse, #to_md5, #unload

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from GovKit::Resource

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method in the class GovKit::Resource

Class Method Details

.get_uri(uri, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Do a GET query, with optional parameters.

OpenStates returns a 404 error when a query returns nothing.

So, if a query result is a resource not found error, we return an empty set.

# File 'lib/gov_kit/open_states.rb', line 15

def self.get_uri(uri, options={})
  options[:query] ||= {}
  options[:query][:apikey] = GovKit::configuration.sunlight_apikey

  begin
    parse(get(URI.encode(uri), options))
  rescue ResourceNotFound
    []
  end
end