SIC

SIC = Standard Industrial Classification

Every industry in the USA has a SIC code and sometimes you need to know what this code means. This is what this Ruby gem does.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'sic'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install sic

Usage

In order to use this gem, do

    require 'sic'

in your code, and use the method #search('string_with_the_code'). The result will be an object in the format

{
  :code => "string_with_the_code",
  :description => "Description for the code given, if it exists"
}

For example, in you run

    SIC.search('5084')

your output will be

{
  :code => "5084",
  :description => "Industrial Machinery and Equipment"
}

Important: If you get :description => nil, this only means the code you provided does not exist.

Command line

This gem also provides a command line executable you may use. Only type

$ naics 5084

and you'll get an output like:

Code:        5084
Description: Industrial Machinery and Equipment

Important: If you get no text in Description:, this only means the code you provided does not exist.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Things to do for future releases

• Search SIC codes for given keywords.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/EdDeAlmeidaJr/sic_search.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.