Class: BookFinder

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/book_finder_api.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.flipkart(isbn) ⇒ Object

method : flipkart parameter : ISBN ISBN number of the Book you want to get. It should be 10 digits. returns : Hash It returns the Hash of the Book Details with Field and value basis. Syntax : Hash BookFinder.flipkart(ISBN) Example : book_details = BookFinder.flipkart(9788120305960)



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# File 'lib/book_finder_api.rb', line 13

def self.flipkart(isbn)
	#setting the url
	search_url="http://www.flipkart.com/search/a/all?query=#{isbn}"

	#initiating the Mechanize
	result=Hash.new
	agent =Mechanize.new

	#for following redirect
	agent.redirect_ok

	#getting the page
	page = agent.get(search_url)

	#getting the titles and author
		title_div=page.search(".mprod-summary-title")
		puts "BOOK:#{title_div.search('h1').text()}"
		result["Book"]=title_div.search("h1").text()
		book_authors=[]
		authors=title_div.search("h2")
		authors.each do |author|
			book_authors << author.text()
		end
		result["Author"]=book_authors.join(",")
		if result["Author"] ==""
			title_div.search(".secondary-info a").each do |author|
				book_authors << author.inner_html
			end
			result["Author"]=book_authors.join(",")
		end
	#storing the resluts
	page.search(".fk-specs-type2 tr").each do |tr|
		fk_key=tr.search(".specs-key").text()
		fk_val=tr.search(".specs-value").text()
		unless fk_val==""
			result[fk_key]=fk_val
		end
	end

	#storing the colleges from breadcrumb
	breadcrumb = page.search(".fk-lbreadbcrumb a")
	generals = ['Other General','Others Engineering']
	
	
	if breadcrumb.count >0
		result['college']=breadcrumb[4].search("span").text() if breadcrumb[4]
		result['stream']= breadcrumb[5].search("span").text() if breadcrumb[5]
		if generals.include? (result['college'])
			result['college']=breadcrumb[5].search("span").text()
			result['stream']= breadcrumb[6].search("span").text() if(breadcrumb[6])
		end
	end

	#storing the image
	img_tag=page.search("#mprodimg-id")
	puts "IMAGE:#{img_tag}"
	unless img_tag.empty?
		img = img_tag.search("img")
		begin
		img_url = img.attribute("data-src") 
		result["img_url"]=img_url.to_s
		rescue
			result["img_url"]=""
		end
		puts "#{result['img_url']} is image url"
	else
		page.search("#main-image-id").each do |img_id|
			img_tag=img_id.search("img")
			img_url=img_tag.attribute("src")
		end
		result["img_url"]=img_url.to_s	
		puts "Secondary Image: #{result['img_url']} is image url"
	end
	#storing the price
	price = page.search("#fk-mprod-list-id").text()
	price = page.search("#fk-mprod-our-id").text() if price ==""	
	price = page.search(".fk-font-finalprice").text() if price ==""	
	
	price.delete!("Rs. ")
	result["price"] = price
	result["availability"] = page.search("#fk-stock-info-id").text()
	result["description"] = page.search("#description").inner_html().force_encoding("UTF-8")
	result["description"].gsub!('<a href="#">top</a>',"")
	result
end