Class: LibraryThing::Resource

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
HTTParty
Defined in:
lib/librarything/resource.rb

Direct Known Subclasses

Author, Work

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(xml) ⇒ Resource

Returns a new instance of Resource.



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# File 'lib/librarything/resource.rb', line 56

def initialize(xml)
  @xml = xml
  @document = self.parse_response(@xml)
  @item_node = self.find_item_node(@document)
end

Instance Attribute Details

#document ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute document.



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# File 'lib/librarything/resource.rb', line 53

def document
  @document
end

#item_node ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute item_node.



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# File 'lib/librarything/resource.rb', line 54

def item_node
  @item_node
end

#xml ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute xml.



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# File 'lib/librarything/resource.rb', line 52

def xml
  @xml
end

Class Method Details

.get(query) ⇒ Object

Raises:



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# File 'lib/librarything/resource.rb', line 108

def get(query)
  raise LibraryThing::Error.new("Missing developer key. Please define LibraryThing::DEVELOPER_KEY") unless defined?(LibraryThing::DEVELOPER_KEY)

  all_params = {
    :apikey => LibraryThing::DEVELOPER_KEY,
    :method => self.get_method
  }.merge(query)

  response = super('', :query => all_params)
  self.new(response.body)
end

.get_method(method_name = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/librarything/resource.rb', line 98

def get_method(method_name = nil)
  if method_name
    @get_method = method_name
  elsif @get_method
    @get_method
  else
    raise LibraryThing::Error.new('Cannot get a generic resource. Try LibraryThing::Work.get or LibraryThing::Author.get')
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#[](name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/librarything/resource.rb', line 62

def [](name)
  @item_node[name]
end