Method: QuickBase::Client#method_missing

Defined in:
lib/QuickBaseClient.rb

#method_missing(missing_method_name, *missing_method_args) ⇒ Object

Enables alternative syntax for processing data using id values or xml element names. E.g:

qbc.bcdcajmrh.qid_1.printChildElements(qbc.records)

  • prints the records returned by query 1 from table bcdcajmrh

puts qbc.bcdcajmrf.xml_desc

  • get the description from the bcdcajmrf application

puts qbc.dbid_8emtadvk.rid_24105.fid_6

  • print field 6 from record 24105 in table 8emtadvk



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# File 'lib/QuickBaseClient.rb', line 665

def method_missing(missing_method_name, *missing_method_args)
  method_s = missing_method_name.to_s
  if method_s.match(/dbid_.+/) 
    if QuickBase::Misc.isDbidString?(method_s.sub("dbid_",""))
       getSchema(method_s.sub("dbid_","")) 
    end
  elsif @dbid and method_s.match(/rid_[0-9]+/) 
    _setActiveRecord(method_s.sub("rid_",""))
    @fieldValue = @field_data_list
  elsif @dbid and method_s.match(/qid_[0-9]+/) 
    doQuery(@dbid,nil,method_s.sub("qid_",""))
  elsif @dbid and method_s.match(/fid_[0-9]+/) 
     if @field_data_list
       @fieldValue = getFieldDataValue(method_s.sub("fid_","")) 
    else
       lookupField(method_s.sub("fid_",""))
    end  
  elsif @dbid and method_s.match(/pageid_[0-9]+/) 
    _getDBPage(method_s.sub("pageid_",""))
  elsif @dbid and method_s.match(/userid_.+/)
    _getUserRole(method_s.sub("userid_",""))       
  elsif @dbid and @rid and @fid and method_s.match(/vid_[0-9]+/) 
     downLoadFile( @dbid, @rid, @fid, method_s.sub("vid_","") )
  elsif @dbid and method_s.match(/import_[0-9]+/)
    _runImport(method_s.sub("import_",""))
  elsif @qdbapi and method_s.match(/xml_.+/)
    if missing_method_args and missing_method_args.length > 0
       @fieldValue = @qdbapi.send(method_s.sub("xml_",""),missing_method_args)
    else
       @fieldValue = @qdbapi.send(method_s.sub("xml_",""))
    end
  elsif QuickBase::Misc.isDbidString?(method_s)
    getSchema(method_s) 
  else  
    raise "'#{method_s}' is not a valid method in the QuickBase::Client class."
  end
  return @fieldValue if @fieldValue.is_a?(REXML::Element) # chain XML lookups
  return @fieldValue if @fieldValue.is_a?(String) # assume we just want a field value 
  self # otherwise, allows chaining of all above
end