Class: Yahoo::Geocode

Inherits:
Yahoo
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/yahoo/geocode.rb

Overview

Yahoo geocoding API.

developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Location

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
'1.1.1'

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(*args) ⇒ Geocode

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/yahoo/geocode.rb', line 19

def initialize(*args) # :nodoc:
  @host = 'api.local.yahoo.com'
  @service_name = 'MapsService'
  @version = 'V1'
  super
end

Instance Method Details

#locate(address) ⇒ Object

Returns a Location for address.

The address can be any of:

  • city, state

  • city, state, zip

  • zip

  • street, city, state

  • street, city, state, zip

  • street, zip



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# File 'lib/yahoo/geocode.rb', line 37

def locate(address)
  get :geocode, :location => address
end

#parse_response(xml) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/yahoo/geocode.rb', line 41

def parse_response(xml) # :nodoc:
  addresses = []

  xml.elements['ResultSet'].each do |r|
    address = Location.new

    address.precision = r.attributes['precision']

    if r.attributes.include? 'warning' then
      address.warning = r.attributes['warning']
    end

    address.latitude = r.elements['Latitude'].text.to_f
    address.longitude = r.elements['Longitude'].text.to_f

    address.address = r.elements['Address'].text
    address.city = r.elements['City'].text
    address.state = r.elements['State'].text
    address.zip = r.elements['Zip'].text
    address.country = r.elements['Country'].text

    addresses << address
  end

  return addresses
end