CatGenerator

CatGenerator generates random cat photos and facts about cat. It communicates with:

http://thecatapi.com/
http://catfacts-api.appspot.com/

Installation

The gem is not yet available on rubygems so to use it clone the project:

And then execute:

$ bundle

Build the gem:

$ gem build cat_generator.gemspec

This will generate a gem file

cat_generator-x.x.x.gem

Then run:

$ gem install cat_generator-x.x.x.gem

Usage

To get the next cat photo url:

CatGenerator::Photo.url

To open the next cat photo in a browser:

CatGenerator::Photo.open_in_browser

To save the next cat photo on your desktop:

CatGenerator::Photo.write_to_desktop

To get the next cat fact:

CatGenerator::Fact.next

You can run the executable in terminal:

bundle exec cat_generator [browser|file|fact]

• browser (default): will open the photo in the default browser
• file: will save the photo on your desktop
• fact: will print the next cat fact

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.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/baz44/cat_generator.

License

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