Module: GoogleBook

Includes:
HTTParty
Defined in:
lib/googlebook/finder.rb,
lib/googlebook/book.rb,
lib/googlebook/images.rb,
lib/googlebook/version.rb

Overview

A classy finder

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Book, Images

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
'0.1.5'

Class Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Attribute Details

.parameters ⇒ Object

Query parameters passed on to Google



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# File 'lib/googlebook/finder.rb', line 12

def parameters
  @parameters
end

.response ⇒ Object

The query response



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# File 'lib/googlebook/finder.rb', line 18

def response
  @response
end

.total_results ⇒ Object

 Total results for query



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# File 'lib/googlebook/finder.rb', line 15

def total_results
  @total_results
end

Class Method Details

.find(query, opts = {}) ⇒ Object

Queries the Google Book Search Data API.

Optionally, specify a page and count to paginate through the result set.

GoogleBook.find('deleuze', :page => 2, :count => 20)



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# File 'lib/googlebook/finder.rb', line 27

def find(query, opts={})
  self.parameters = { 'q' => query }

  if opts[:page] && opts[:page].to_i > 0
    parameters['start-index'] = opts[:page]
  end

  if opts[:count] && (10..20).include?(opts[:count].to_i)
    parameters['max-results'] = opts[:count]
  end

  self.response = self.get(uri.to_s)

  self.total_results = response['feed']['openSearch:totalResults'].to_i

  response['feed']['entry'].map do |book|
    Book.new(
      Images.new(book['link'][0]['href']),
      book['link'][1]['href'],
      book['link'][2]['href'],
      [book['dc:creator']].flatten.join(', '),
      book['dc:date'],
      book['dc:description'],
      [book['dc:format']].flatten.reject { |format| format == 'book' }.join(', '),
      book['dc:identifier'],
      book['dc:publisher'],
      book['dc:subject'],
      [book['dc:title']].flatten.join(': '))
  end
end