Module: Nasa

Defined in:
lib/nasa.rb,
lib/nasa/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"1.1.1"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.build_the_url_and_fetch_data(element_looking_for, slug_or_id, user_slug_or_id, count = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 83

def self.build_the_url_and_fetch_data(element_looking_for, slug_or_id, user_slug_or_id , count=nil)
  nasa_api_url = self.url + "#{element_looking_for}/?#{slug_or_id}=#{user_slug_or_id}"
  if count
    nasa_api_url = nasa_api_url + "&count=#{count}"
  end
  return JSON.parse( Mechanize.new.get( nasa_api_url ).body )
end

.get_active_categories ⇒ Object

returns a list of active categories along with its slug, no of posts and title



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 69

def self.get_active_categories
  JSON.parse( Mechanize.new.get( self.url + "get_category_index/").body )
end

.get_active_tags ⇒ Object

returns a list of active tags along with its slug, no of posts and title



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 75

def self.get_active_tags
  JSON.parse( Mechanize.new.get( self.url + "get_tag_index/").body )
end

.get_category_data_by_id(id, count = nil) ⇒ Object

if you know the id for a particular category, then awesome. get all the data under a category via its id. Pass in count too, default is 10



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 32

def self.get_category_data_by_id(id, count=nil)
  self.build_the_url_and_fetch_data("get_category_datasets", "id", id, count)
end

.get_category_data_by_slug(slug, count = nil) ⇒ Object

whereas if you dont know the id and you know the exact title then use this method. Search for category data via title. Pass in the slug What is slug ? slug = category title name in hyphen and downcase format.

Ex: category_title = “Earth Science”

slug = category_title.downcase.split.join('-') => "earth-science"

Pass in count too, default is 10



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 44

def self.get_category_data_by_slug(slug, count=nil)
  self.build_the_url_and_fetch_data("get_category_datasets", "slug", slug, count)
end

.get_latest_data(count = 10) ⇒ Object

Get the latest feed published on ://data.nasa.gov you will get 10 feeds by default.



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 9

def self.get_latest_data(count=10)
  JSON.parse( Mechanize.new.get( self.url + "get_recent_datasets?count=#{count}").body )
end

.get_tag_data_by_id(id, count = nil) ⇒ Object

if you know the id for a particular tag, then awesome. get all the data under the tag via its id. Pass in count too, default is 10



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 51

def self.get_tag_data_by_id(id, count=nil)
  self.build_the_url_and_fetch_data("get_tag_datasets", "id", id, count)
end

.get_tag_data_by_slug(slug, count = nil) ⇒ Object

whereas if you dont know the id and you know the exact tag-name then use this method. Search for category data via title. Pass in the slug What is slug ? slug = tag-name in hyphen and downcase format.

Ex: category_title = “Earth Science”

slug = category_title.downcase.split.join('-') => "earth-science"

Pass in count too, default is 10



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 63

def self.get_tag_data_by_slug(slug, count=nil)
  self.build_the_url_and_fetch_data("get_tag_datasets", "slug", slug, count)
end

.search_by_id(id) ⇒ Object

if you know the id for a particular feed, then awesome. Get it via id.



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 14

def self.search_by_id(id)
  JSON.parse( Mechanize.new.get( self.url + "get_dataset?id=#{id}").body )
end

.search_by_slug(slug) ⇒ Object

whereas if you dont know the id and you do know the exact title then use this method. Search for your data by title. Just pass in the slug. What is slug ? slug = title name in hyphen and downcase format.

Ex: if title = “Mars Map Catalog”

slug = title.downcase.split.join('-') => "mars-map-catalog"



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 25

def self.search_by_slug(slug)
  JSON.parse( Mechanize.new.get( self.url + "get_dataset?slug=#{slug}").body )
end

.url ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/nasa.rb', line 79

def self.url
  "http://data.nasa.gov/api/"
end