Class: Yahoo::SE::Request

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/yahoo-se/request.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(service_path, options) ⇒ Request

Returns a new instance of Request.



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# File 'lib/yahoo-se/request.rb', line 13

def initialize(service_path, options)
  @service_path = service_path
  @options = options
  @options[:appid] = Yahoo::SE.application_id
  @options[:output] = "json"
  @query_string = self.class.hash_to_query(@options)
end

Class Method Details

.hash_to_query(hash) ⇒ Object

Converts a hash to a query string



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# File 'lib/yahoo-se/request.rb', line 9

def self.hash_to_query(hash)
  hash.map {|key, value| "#{key}=#{value}"}.join("&")
end

Instance Method Details

#path ⇒ Object

The API URL call



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# File 'lib/yahoo-se/request.rb', line 22

def path
  "#{@service_path}?#{@query_string}"
end

#response ⇒ Object

The response object of the request



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# File 'lib/yahoo-se/request.rb', line 27

def response
  @response ||= Yahoo::SE::Response.new(response_body)
end

#response_body ⇒ Object

The response body of the request



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# File 'lib/yahoo-se/request.rb', line 32

def response_body
  begin
    @response_body = open(path,"User-Agent" => "Ruby/Yahoo Site Explorer Gem v#{Yahoo::SE::VERSION}").readlines.join
  rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => @errors
    raise ResponseError, @errors
  end
end

#results ⇒ Object

The results from the response object



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# File 'lib/yahoo-se/request.rb', line 41

def results
  response.results
end