GoogleQuery
http://germanforblack.com/
== DESCRIPTION:
Uses Google to get currency conversion, world time and human population
== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
* Query Google for:
* Time in uganda
* Population in frankfurt
* How little your money is vs sterling
* There are no tests. You want tests? Write your own.
== SYNOPSIS:
require 'rubygems'
require 'google_query'
# See how you get spanked by the pound
GoogleQuery::Currency.get 'AUD to GBP'
=> 1 U.S. dollar = 0.490484599 British pounds
# Get population in Melbourne
GoogleQuery::Population.get 'melbourne'
=> Population: 3,850,000 (Est.) (2nd)
# Get the current time in London
GoogleQuery::Time.get 'london'
=> 2:26 PM on Monday, July 30
# On the command line:
bens-pb:~ ben$ gpop melbourne
Population: 3,850,000 (Est.) (2nd)
bens-pb:~ ben$ gtime london
2:26 PM on Monday, July 30
# Couldn't resist naming it gmoney
bens-pb:~ ben$ gmoney AUD GBP
1 Australian dollar = 0.424269178 British pounds
== REQUIREMENTS:
* Ruby
* Open-uri
* Hpricot
* ERB
== INSTALL:
sudo gem install google_query --include-dependencies
== LICENSE:
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2007 Ben Schwarz
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
http://germanforblack.com/
== DESCRIPTION:
Uses Google to get currency conversion, world time and human population
== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
* Query Google for:
* Time in uganda
* Population in frankfurt
* How little your money is vs sterling
* There are no tests. You want tests? Write your own.
== SYNOPSIS:
require 'rubygems'
require 'google_query'
# See how you get spanked by the pound
GoogleQuery::Currency.get 'AUD to GBP'
=> 1 U.S. dollar = 0.490484599 British pounds
# Get population in Melbourne
GoogleQuery::Population.get 'melbourne'
=> Population: 3,850,000 (Est.) (2nd)
# Get the current time in London
GoogleQuery::Time.get 'london'
=> 2:26 PM on Monday, July 30
# On the command line:
bens-pb:~ ben$ gpop melbourne
Population: 3,850,000 (Est.) (2nd)
bens-pb:~ ben$ gtime london
2:26 PM on Monday, July 30
# Couldn't resist naming it gmoney
bens-pb:~ ben$ gmoney AUD GBP
1 Australian dollar = 0.424269178 British pounds
== REQUIREMENTS:
* Ruby
* Open-uri
* Hpricot
* ERB
== INSTALL:
sudo gem install google_query --include-dependencies
== LICENSE:
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2007 Ben Schwarz
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.