Class: CONTENTdmAPI::Request

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

Overview

Form requests to the ContentDM API

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(base_url: '', client: Net::HTTP, service: Service.new) ⇒ Void

Parameters:

  • base_url (String) (defaults to: '') —

    URL to the CONTENTdm API “CdmServer.com:port/dmwebservices/index.php”

  • client (Object) (defaults to: Net::HTTP) —

    An HTTP client to make requests of the API

  • service (Object) (defaults to: Service.new) —

    A class to tell the Request class which function, params and format to request of the CONTENTdm API



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# File 'lib/contentdm_api/request.rb', line 13

def initialize(base_url: '', client: Net::HTTP, service: Service.new)
  @base_url = base_url
  @client   = client
  @service  = service
end

Instance Attribute Details

#base_url ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute base_url.



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# File 'lib/contentdm_api/request.rb', line 5

def base_url
  @base_url
end

#client ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute client.



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# File 'lib/contentdm_api/request.rb', line 5

def client
  @client
end

#service ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute service.



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# File 'lib/contentdm_api/request.rb', line 5

def service
  @service
end

Instance Method Details

#fetch ⇒ String

Fetch data from the CONTENTdm API

Returns:

  • (String) —

    either XML or JSON



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# File 'lib/contentdm_api/request.rb', line 22

def fetch
  request.body
end

#uri ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/contentdm_api/request.rb', line 26

def uri
  @uri = URI.parse(unencoded_url)
end