Class: GoogleApiHashtag

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/google_api_hashtag.rb,
lib/google_api_hashtag/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

GOOGLE_PLACES_URL = 
'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location='
VERSION = 
"0.1.3"

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#process(params) ⇒ Object

‘maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=’



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# File 'lib/google_api_hashtag.rb', line 17

def process(params)

  #catching the parameters
  lat = params[:lat]
  lng = params[:lng]
  meters = params[:meters]
  google_Key = params[:google_Key]

  #querying google api
  googleTest = GOOGLE_PLACES_URL + lat + ',' + lng + '&radius=' + meters + '&key=' + google_Key
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(googleTest))

  #removing the single quote character (not needed all for the hashtag)
  response_body = response.body.tr('\'', '')
  my_json = JSON.parse(response_body)

  elements = []
  #populating array
  my_json['results'].each do |steph|
    elements.push(steph['name'])
  end

  #decorative pattern: https://robots.thoughtbot.com/evaluating-alternative-decorator-implementations-in
  element_processed = Remove_blank.new
  #passing array to object
  element_processed.pass_on(elements)
  #removing non latin characters
  element_processed.extend(Remove_non_latin)
  #below, remove accented characters http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15686752/ruby-method-to-remove-accents-from-utf-8-international-characters
  element_processed.extend(Replace_accented_character)
  #remove special characters - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/737475/how-can-i-delete-special-characters
  element_processed.extend(Remove_special_character)
  #limit size of each item in array
  element_processed.extend(Limit_character)
  #add hashtag at begining of each item
  element_processed.extend(Add_hashtag)
  #only keep non blank items (hashtag non-considered)
  element_processed.extend(Keep_non_blank_in_array)
  #fame and glory:
  carl = element_processed.process()

  my_return = {:response => response, :my_array => carl}
  return my_return

  #via: [:get], :constraints => { :lat =>  /[^\/]+/, :lng =>  /[^\/]+/  }
  #response = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse('https://freegeoip.net/json/'))

end