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