Class: Yelp::Base

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/yelp2/base.rb

Constant Summary collapse

API_HOST = 
"api.yelp.com"
API_PATH = 
"/v2"
SEARCH_PATH = 
"#{API_PATH}/search"

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(consumer_key, consumer_secret, token, token_secret) ⇒ Base

Passing in the appropriate values, have access to the yelp api

consumer_key - A value used by the Consumer to identify itself to the Service Provider. consumer_secret - A secret used by the Consumer to establish ownership of the Consumer Key. token - A value used by the Consumer to obtain authorization from the User, and exchanged for an Access Token. token_secret - A secret used by the Consumer to establish ownership of a given Token.

Returns nothing.



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# File 'lib/yelp2/base.rb', line 20

def initialize(consumer_key, consumer_secret, token, token_secret)
  @consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(consumer_key, consumer_secret, {:site => API_HOST})
  @access_token = OAuth::AccessToken.new(@consumer, token, token_secret)
end

Instance Method Details

#search(term, location) ⇒ Object

Search for a given optional term and locations

term - (Optional) Search term. location - Location to search location_type - Location Hash continaing one of three search types.

Example

search("dinner", "san+francisco", :location)
search("dinner", "34.720,-112.299", :ll)

Returns hash of businesses found.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/yelp2/base.rb', line 37

def search(term, location)
  raise ArgumentError, "Location must be a hash and of size 1" unless location.is_a?(Hash) || location.size != 1
  uri = Addressable::URI.new(  
    :scheme => "http",
    :host => API_HOST,
    :path => SEARCH_PATH
  )
 
  uri.query_values = {
    :term => term
  }.merge(location)
  
  
  res = @access_token.get(uri.to_s)
  hash = JSON.parse(res.body)
  if hash["error"]
    "Sorry, #{hash["error"]["text"]}"
  else
    hash["businesses"].collect {|b| Yelp::Business.new(b)} 
  end
end