Class: VoteSmart::Candidate

Inherits:
Common
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/vote_smart/candidate.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Common

construct_url, get_json_data, hash2get, #initialize, request, response_child, response_child_array, set_attribute_map, #update_attributes

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from VoteSmart::Common

Class Method Details

.get_by_district(district_id, election_year = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns candidates in the provided district_id



26
27
28
 
# File 'lib/vote_smart/candidate.rb', line 26

def self.get_by_district district_id, election_year = nil
  request("Candidates.getByDistrict", "districtId" => district_id, "electionYear" => election_year)
end

.get_by_election(election_id) ⇒ Object

Returns candidates in the provided election_id



21
22
23
 
# File 'lib/vote_smart/candidate.rb', line 21

def self.get_by_election election_id
  request("Candidates.getByElection", "electionId" => election_id)
end

.get_by_lastname(last_name, election_year = nil) ⇒ Object

Searches for candidates with exact lastname matches



11
12
13
 
# File 'lib/vote_smart/candidate.rb', line 11

def self.get_by_lastname last_name, election_year = nil
  request("Candidates.getByLastname", "lastName" => last_name, "electionYear" => election_year)
end

.get_by_levenstein(last_name, election_year = nil) ⇒ Object

Searches for candidates with fuzzy lastname match



16
17
18
 
# File 'lib/vote_smart/candidate.rb', line 16

def self.get_by_levenstein last_name, election_year = nil
  request("Candidates.getByLevenstein", "lastName" => last_name, "electionYear" => election_year)
end

.get_by_office_state(office_id, state_id = "NA", election_year = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns a list of candidates/incumbents that fit the criteria



6
7
8
 
# File 'lib/vote_smart/candidate.rb', line 6

def self.get_by_office_state office_id, state_id = "NA", election_year = nil
  request("Candidates.getByOfficeState", "officeId" => office_id, "stateId" => state_id, "electionYear" => election_year)
end