Class: MeetupCli::Scraper

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/meetup_cli/scraper.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.activities(category) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/meetup_cli/scraper.rb', line 26

def self.activities(category)
  url = category.url
  activity_list = []
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
  activity_elements = doc.css("a.groupCard--photo.loading.nametag-photo")
  activity_elements.each do |element|
    name =  element.css("h3.padding-none.inline-block.loading").text.strip
    url = element['href']
    tag_line = element.css("p.small.ellipsize").text.strip
    activity = MeetupCli::Activity.new(name, url, tag_line)
    activity_list << activity
  end
  activity_list
end

.categories ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/meetup_cli/scraper.rb', line 12

def self.categories
  #scrape the site and list activities
  category_list = []
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open("https://www.meetup.com/"))
  category_elements = doc.css(".exploreHome-categories-card")
  category_elements.each do |element|
    url = element.css("a")[0]['href']
    name = element.css("h4").text
    category = MeetupCli::Category.new(name, url)
    category_list << category
  end
  category_list
end

.list_meetup(activity) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/meetup_cli/scraper.rb', line 41

def self.list_meetup(activity)
url = activity.url
doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
activity.about = doc.css("div.group-description.runningText").css("p").text
activity.organiser = doc.css("span.text--bold.text--small")[0].text
#others = doc.css("p.orgInfo-otherLeadership.display--inline.text--small")[0].text
#[activity.organiser, others].join(' ')
activity.location = doc.css("ul.inlineblockList.inlineblockList--separated").css("span")[0].text
activity.total_members = doc.css("ul.inlineblockList.inlineblockList--separated").css("span")[1].text
activity.type_of_group = doc.css("ul.inlineblockList.inlineblockList--separated").css("span")[2].text

meetup = MeetupCli::Meetup.new
#use poltergiest to extract java script data from website
new_url = [url, "events"].join
session = Capybara::Session.new(:poltergeist)
session.visit(new_url)
#check if it has upcoming meetups
upcoming = false
begin
  session.first(".emptyEventCard").text
rescue
  Capybara::ExpectationNotMet
  upcoming = true
end
if upcoming == true
  begin
  meetup.name = session.first(".eventCardHead--title")['innerHTML']
  meetup.time_object = session.first(".eventTimeDisplay-startDate span")['innerHTML']
  meetup.venue = session.first(".venueDisplay").text
  meetup.host = session.first(".text--secondary.text--tiny").text
  meetup.about =session.first(".eventCard--MainContent div").text
  meetup.attendees =session.first(".avatarRow--attendingCount").text
  meetup.upcoming = upcoming
rescue
  Capybara::ExpectationNotMet
end
else
   meetup.upcoming = upcoming
end
  activity.meetup = meetup
end