Class: Raev::Author

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/raev/author.rb

Constant Summary collapse

NO_AUTHOR_STRINGS = 
[
  "admin".freeze,
  "blogs".freeze,
  "editor".freeze,
  "staff".freeze
]
REGEX_EMAIL_WITH_NAME = 
/\((.*)\)/
REGEX_QUOTES = 
/\'(.*)\'/
REGEX_DOUBLE_QUOTES = 
/\"(.*)\"/

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.normalize_name(author_name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/raev/author.rb', line 16

def self.normalize_name author_name
  if author_name.nil?
    return nil
  else
    # Strip whitespace
    author = author_name.strip
    if author.empty?
      return nil
    end
    
    # Ignore common strings that are not names of people        
    if NO_AUTHOR_STRINGS.include?(author.downcase)
      return nil
    end
  end
        
  # Parse notation "[email protected] (Andreas)"
  m = REGEX_EMAIL_WITH_NAME.match(author)
  unless m.nil?
    author = m[1]
  end
  
  # Remove nickname quotes
  author.gsub!(REGEX_DOUBLE_QUOTES, "".freeze)
  author.gsub!(REGEX_QUOTES, "".freeze)
  author.gsub!("  ".freeze, " ".freeze)

      # Remove "by"
      author.gsub!("by ".freeze, "".freeze)

  # Capitalize
  return author.split(' '.freeze).map(&:capitalize).join(' '.freeze)
end