Module: SemanticExtraction::UtilityMethods

Included in:
Alchemy, Yahoo
Defined in:
lib/semantic_extraction/utility_methods.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.included(includer) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/semantic_extraction/utility_methods.rb', line 4

def self.included(includer)
  includer.module_eval do

    # Posts the url to the API.
    def self.post(url, target, calling_param, api_param="apikey".to_sym)
      RubyTubesday.new.post(url, :params => {calling_param => target, api_param => (SemanticExtraction.send((SemanticExtraction.preferred_extractor + "_api_key").to_sym))} )
    end

    # Checks to see if a string is a URL.
    # This is really dumb at the moment, and will likely be refactored in future releases.
    def self.is_url?(link)
      if link[0..3] == "http"
        return true
      else
        return false
      end
    end
  end
end