Class: RoadtripAdventures::Scraper

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

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.scrape_destinations ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/roadtrip_adventures/scraper.rb', line 3

def self.scrape_destinations
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open("https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa"))
  destinations = doc.css("a.tlist__secondary-link")

  destinations.each_with_index{ |destination, index| # Returns 10 "destination" options
  if index < 10 then
    new_destination = RoadtripAdventures::Destination.new
    new_destination.name = destinations[index].text
    new_destination.url = "https://www.lonelyplanet.com" + destinations[index].attr("href")      
  end
  }
end