Module: LipsumAPI

Included in:
Fixnum
Defined in:
lib/lipsum.rb

Constant Summary collapse

LIPSUM_URL = 
'http://lipsum.com/feed/html'

Instance Method Summary collapse

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(method, *args) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/lipsum.rb', line 8

def method_missing(method, *args)
  results = []
  if method.to_s =~ /^lipsum_(.*)/ && ["paragraphs", "lists", "words", "bytes"].include?($1)
    opts = (args.first.respond_to? :merge)?args.first: {}
    opts.merge!(:what => $1)
    opts.merge!(:amount => self) if self.is_a?(Fixnum)
    plain_doc = perform_request opts
    parse_response(plain_doc) do |element|
        results << element.inner_text
    end
    results = if opts[:what] == 'words'
      results.first.rstrip.lstrip
    else
      results.collect { |item| item.rstrip.lstrip }
    end
    results
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#parse_response(plain_doc) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/lipsum.rb', line 27

def parse_response(plain_doc)
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(plain_doc)
  doc.search('#lipsum p').each { |element|
    yield element
  }
end

#perform_request(opts) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/lipsum.rb', line 34

def perform_request(opts)
  opts.merge!( :start => 'yes' ) if opts.delete( :start_with_lorem )
  send_request(opts)
end

#send_request(opts) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/lipsum.rb', line 39

def send_request(opts)
  begin
    RestClient.post LIPSUM_URL, opts
  rescue
    puts "some error with inet connection =:)"
  end
end