Class: Gendered::Guesser

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/gendered/guesser.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(values) ⇒ Guesser

Returns a new instance of Guesser.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/gendered/guesser.rb', line 6

def initialize(values)
  raise ArgumentError, "cannot be empty" if Array(values).empty?

  @names = Array(values)
end

Instance Attribute Details

#names ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute names.



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# File 'lib/gendered/guesser.rb', line 4

def names
  @names
end

Instance Method Details

#guess! ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gendered/guesser.rb', line 12

def guess!
  response = HTTP.get(url)
  case response.code
  when 200

    guesses = JSON.parse(response.body)

    names.collect do |name|
      name = Name.new(name) if name.is_a?(String)

      guess = guesses.find { |g| g["name"] == name.value }

      if guess["gender"]
        name.gender = guess["gender"].to_sym
        name.probability = guess["probability"]
        name.sample_size = guess["count"]
      end

      name
    end
  end
end

#url ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gendered/guesser.rb', line 35

def url
  url = "http://api.genderize.io/?"
  name_queries = names.collect.with_index do |name, index|
    "name[#{index}]=#{CGI.escape(name.to_s)}"
  end
  url + name_queries.join("&")
end