Module: SnipSnap

Defined in:
lib/snip_snap.rb,
lib/snip_snap/image.rb,
lib/snip_snap/imgly.rb,
lib/snip_snap/yfrog.rb,
lib/snip_snap/client.rb,
lib/snip_snap/flickr.rb,
lib/snip_snap/skitch.rb,
lib/snip_snap/twitgoo.rb,
lib/snip_snap/twitpic.rb,
lib/snip_snap/version.rb

Overview

SnipSnap

This is a small Ruby library that allows you to extract images from the more popular image sharing services. Currently supported services are:

  • Img.ly

  • Skitch

  • Twitpic

  • Yfrog

  • Flickr

  • Twitgoo

To use, just point it at a URL:

require 'rubygems'
require 'snip_snap'

client = SnipSnap.from_url('http://yfrog.com/7hb9lj')
puts client.image_url

That’s it.

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Client, Version Classes: Flickr, Image, Imgly, Skitch, Twitgoo, Twitpic, Yfrog

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.class_name_for(url) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/snip_snap.rb', line 57

def self.class_name_for(url) # :nodoc:
  uri     = URI.parse(url)
  subject = "#{uri.host}#{uri.path}"

  match = host_map.detect {|k,v| Regexp.new(k) =~ subject }
  
  match.nil? ? 'Image' : match[1]
end

.flickr_api_key=(key) ⇒ Object

Set the Flickr API key for use by the underlying Flickr API library



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# File 'lib/snip_snap.rb', line 67

def self.flickr_api_key=(key)
  Fleakr.api_key = key
end

.from_url(url) ⇒ Object

Use the correct class to handle image extraction for a given URL



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# File 'lib/snip_snap.rb', line 53

def self.from_url(url)
  const_get(class_name_for(url)).new(url)
end

.host_map ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/snip_snap.rb', line 41

def self.host_map # :nodoc:
  {
    /^(www\.)?skitch\.com/           => 'Skitch',
    /img\.ly\/[0-9a-z]+$/i           => 'Imgly',
    /^twitpic\.com/                  => 'Twitpic',
    /yfrog\.(com|us)/                => 'Yfrog',
    /^(flic\.kr|(www\.)?flickr.com)/ => 'Flickr',
    /^twitgoo\.com/                  => 'Twitgoo'
  }
end