Class: GovKit::VoteSmart::Official

Inherits:
GovKit::VoteSmartResource show all
Defined in:
lib/gov_kit/vote_smart.rb

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Resource

#attributes, #raw_response

Class Method Summary collapse

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

.find_all(stateOrLocalId) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gov_kit/vote_smart.rb', line 38

def self.find_all(stateOrLocalId)
  if stateOrLocalId.match(/[A-Za-z]/) # We're looking for state officals
    response = get("/Officials.getStatewide", :query => {"stateId" => stateOrLocalId})
  else # We're looking for local officials
    response = get("/Local.getOfficials", :query => {"localId" => stateOrLocalId})
  end
  
  return [] if !response['candidateList']
  
  if response['candidateList']['candidate'].instance_of?(Array)
    parse(response['candidateList']['candidate'])
  else
    [ parse(response['candidateList']['candidate']) ]
  end
end

.find_by_office_state(officeId, stateId = 'NA') ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gov_kit/vote_smart.rb', line 54

def self.find_by_office_state(officeId, stateId = 'NA')
  response = get("/Officials.getByOfficeState", :query => { "officeId" => officeId,
                                                            "stateId" => stateId })
                                                    
  return [] if !response['candidateList']
  
  if response['candidateList']['candidate'].instance_of?(Array)
    parse(response['candidateList']['candidate'])
  else
    [ parse(response['candidateList']['candidate']) ]
  end
end