Class: TimblClient

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/timbl_client.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(host = "localhost", port = 6060) ⇒ TimblClient

Returns a new instance of TimblClient.



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# File 'lib/timbl_client.rb', line 7

def initialize(host="localhost", port=6060)
  @host = host
  @port = port
  @socket = nil
  connect
end

Instance Attribute Details

#socket ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute socket.



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# File 'lib/timbl_client.rb', line 5

def socket
  @socket
end

Instance Method Details

#classify(request) ⇒ Object Also known as: tag 



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# File 'lib/timbl_client.rb', line 20

def classify(request)
  #connect unless connected?
  @socket.send(format_request(request), 0)
  format_response(@socket.recv(1024))
end

#connect ⇒ Object

Open the socket



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# File 'lib/timbl_client.rb', line 15

def connect
  @socket = TCPSocket.open(@host, @port)
  @socket.gets # consumes the welcome msg
end

#disconnect ⇒ Object Also known as: close 



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

def disconnect
  @socket.send("exit\n", 0)
  @socket.close
end

#format_request(request) ⇒ Object 



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

def format_request(request)
  request = "c " + request unless request.start_with?("c ")
  request.chomp + "\n"
end

#format_response(response) ⇒ Object

Turns the Timbl response into a more familiar Ruby-hash. E.g. the response ‘CATEGORY 0n’ is converted to => “0”



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

def format_response(response)
  response.scan(/([A-Z]+) \{ ?(.*?) ?\}/).inject({}) do |res, e|
    res[e[0].downcase.to_sym] = e[1]
    res
  end
end