Class: Readability::Document

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/readability/document/get_best_candidate.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#get_best_candidate(remove_unlikely_candidates = :default) ⇒ Object

This is basically the “content” method, shortened to just pull the top candidate element.



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# File 'lib/readability/document/get_best_candidate.rb', line 4

def get_best_candidate(remove_unlikely_candidates = :default)
  @remove_unlikely_candidates = false if remove_unlikely_candidates == false

  @html.css("script, style").each { |i| i.remove }

  remove_unlikely_candidates! if @remove_unlikely_candidates
  transform_misused_divs_into_paragraphs!
  candidates = score_paragraphs(options[:min_text_length])
  best_candidate = select_best_candidate(candidates)
  best_candidate[:elem]
rescue NoMethodError
  nil
end