Class: CommonHack

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/commonhack.rb

Overview

graceful error handling

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(url) ⇒ CommonHack

intitalizes the class



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 16

def initialize(url)


	if url.include? "http://" or url.include? "https://"
		body = open(url)
		contents = body.read

	else
		#its a local file, so use File.Read
		file = File.open("data.json", "rb")
		contents = file.read
	end

	@result = JSON.parse(contents)

	#make the  basic first level info accessible
	@username = @result["username"]
	@email = @result["email"]
	@lastUpdated = @result["lastUpdated"]

end

Instance Attribute Details

#email ⇒ Object (readonly)

makes these three fields accessable via dot notation



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 11

def email
  @email
end

#lastUpdated ⇒ Object (readonly)

makes these three fields accessable via dot notation



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 11

def lastUpdated
  @lastUpdated
end

#username ⇒ Object (readonly)

makes these three fields accessable via dot notation



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 11

def username
  @username
end

Instance Method Details

#bio(method) ⇒ Object

A method to help extract the bio part of the application “fields”, returns a list of fields



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 57

def bio(method)

	if method != "fields"

		return fetch("bio",method)

	else 

		return [
				"firstName",
				"lastName",
				"gender",
				"email",
				"phone",
				"dietaryRestrictions",
				"summary",
				"location",
				"websites",
				"resume",
				"picture"
		]
	end

end

#education(method) ⇒ Object

These fields return arrays so they pass the array to the user, rather than looping through them



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 85

def education(method)

	return @result["education"]
end

#fetch(parent, method) ⇒ Object

A helper method. All the names methods use it to interact with the named method



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 42

def fetch(parent,method)

	item = @result[parent][method]
	if item != nil 
		return item
	else
		return "Error: Cannot find this field."
	end

end

#hackathons ⇒ Object

hackathons is the same thing



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 98

def hackathons()

	return @result["hackathons"]
end

#projects ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 103

def projects()

	return @result["projects"]
end

#skills ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 108

def skills()

	return @result["skills"]
end

#work ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/commonhack.rb', line 91

def work()

	return @result["work"]
end