Class: Statement::Scraper

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

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.backfill_bilirakis(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 860

def self.backfill_bilirakis(page=1)
  results = []
  domain = 'bilirakis.house.gov'
  url = "https://bilirakis.house.gov/press-releases?page=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.css("#region-content .views-row").each do |row|
      title_anchor = row.css("h3 a")
      title = title_anchor.text
      release_url = "http://#{domain + title_anchor.attr('href')}"
        raw_date = row.css(".views-field-created").text
      results << { :source => url,
                   :url => release_url,
                   :title => title,
                   :date => begin Date.parse(raw_date) rescue nil end,
                   :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.backfill_boustany(congress) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 880

def self.backfill_boustany(congress)
  results = []
  domain = 'boustany.house.gov'
  url = "http://boustany.house.gov/#{congress}th-congress/showallitems/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:ul)[13].search(:li).each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => 'http://boustany.house.gov' + row.children.search(:a)[0]['href'], :title => row.children.search(:a)[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.children[5].text), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.backfill_from_scrapers ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 54

def self.backfill_from_scrapers
  results = [cold_fusion(2012, 0), cold_fusion(2011, 0), cold_fusion(2010, 0), billnelson(year=2012), document_query(page=3),
    document_query(page=4), grassley(page=1), grassley(page=2), grassley(page=3),
    vitter(year=2012), vitter(year=2011), swalwell(page=2), swalwell(page=3), clark(year=2013), culberson_chabot_grisham(page=2),
    sessions(year=2013), pryor(page=1), farr(year=2013), farr(year=2012), farr(year=2011),
    olson(year=2013), schumer(page=2), schumer(page=3), poe(year=2015, month=2),
    poe(year=2015, month=1)].flatten
  Utils.remove_generic_urls!(results)
end

.barton ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 637

def self.barton
  results = []
  domain = 'joebarton.house.gov'
  url = "http://joebarton.house.gov/press-releasescolumns/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:h3)[0..-3].each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://joebarton.house.gov/"+row.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.next.next.text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.bennet(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 770

def self.bennet(page=1)
  results = []
  domain = 'www.bennet.senate.gov'
  url = "http://www.bennet.senate.gov/?p=releases&pg=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:h2).each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => 'http://www.bennet.senate.gov' + row.children.first['href'], :title => row.text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.previous.previous.text), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.bennie_thompson ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 836

def self.bennie_thompson
  results = []
  domain = "benniethompson.house.gov"
  url = "http://benniethompson.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=41&Itemid=148"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath('//*[@id="adminForm"]/table/tbody/tr').each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => 'http://benniethompson.house.gov' + row.children[1].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text.strip), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.billnelson(page = 0) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 408

def self.billnelson(page=0)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.billnelson.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases?page=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  dates = doc.xpath("//div[@class='date-box']").map{|d| Date.parse(d.children.map{|x| x.text.strip}.join(" "))}
  (doc/:h3).each_with_index do |row, index|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.billnelson.senate.gov" + row.children.first['href'], :title => row.children.first.text.strip, :date => dates[index], :domain => "billnelson.senate.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.boehner(page = 1, year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 250

def self.boehner(page=1, year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://boehner.house.gov/category/press-releases/page/#{page}/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:article).each do |row|
    month = row.children[1].children[1].children[1].children[0].text
    day = row.children[1].children[1].children[1].children[1].text
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://boehner.house.gov"+row.children[12].children[1].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children[1].children[3].text, :date => Date.parse(month+" "+day+" "+year.to_s), :domain => 'boehner.house.gov'}
  end
  results
end

.boxer ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 513

def self.boxer
  results = []
  url = "http://www.boxer.senate.gov/press/release"
  domain = 'www.boxer.senate.gov'
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.css("tr")[1..-1].each do |row|
    next if row.children[1].text == "Sat, January 1st 0000 "
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://"+domain + row.children[3].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[3].children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[1].text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.capuano ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 263

def self.capuano
  results = []
  base_url = "http://www.house.gov/capuano/news/"
  list_url = base_url + 'date.shtml'
  doc = open_html(list_url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//a").select{|l| !l['href'].nil? and l['href'].include?('/pr')}[1..-5].each do |link|
    begin
      year = link['href'].split('/').first
      date = Date.parse(link.text.split(' ').first+'/'+year)
    rescue
      date = nil
    end
    results << { :source => list_url, :url => base_url + link['href'], :title => link.text.split(' ',2).last, :date => date, :domain => "www.house.gov/capuano/" }
  end
  return results[0..-5]
end

.chabot(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 355

def self.chabot(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  base_url = "http://chabot.house.gov/news/"
  url = base_url + "documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=2508&Year=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//li")[40..48].each do |row|
    next if not row.text.include?('Posted')
    results << { :source => url, :url => base_url + row.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children.text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text.strip), :domain => "chabot.house.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.clark(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 582

def self.clark(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  domain = 'katherineclark.house.gov'
  url = "http://katherineclark.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?MonthDisplay=0&YearDisplay=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:tr)[1..-1].each do |row|
    next if row.children[1].text.strip == 'Date'
    results << { :source => url, :date => Date.parse(row.children[1].text.strip), :title => row.children[3].children.text, :url => row.children[3].children[0]['href'], :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.cold_fusion(year = Date.today.year, month = nil, skip_domains = []) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 301

def self.cold_fusion(year=Date.today.year, month=nil, skip_domains=[])
  results = []
  year = Date.today.year if not year
  domains = ['www.ronjohnson.senate.gov','www.risch.senate.gov', 'www.lee.senate.gov', 'www.barrasso.senate.gov', 'www.heitkamp.senate.gov']
  domains = domains - skip_domains if skip_domains
  domains.each do |domain|
    if domain == 'www.risch.senate.gov'
      if not month
        url = "http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases"
      else
        url = "http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?YearDisplay=#{year}&MonthDisplay=#{month}&page=1"
      end
    elsif domain == 'www.barrasso.senate.gov'
      if not month
        url = "http://#{domain}/public/index.cfm/news-releases"
      else
        url = "http://#{domain}/public/index.cfm/news-releases?YearDisplay=#{year}&MonthDisplay=#{month}&page=1"
      end
    else
      if not month
        url = "http://#{domain}/public/index.cfm/press-releases"
      else
        url = "http://#{domain}/public/index.cfm/press-releases?YearDisplay=#{year}&MonthDisplay=#{month}&page=1"
      end
    end
    doc = Statement::Scraper.open_html(url)
    return if doc.nil?
    if domain == 'www.lee.senate.gov' or domain == 'www.barrasso.senate.gov' or domain == "www.heitkamp.senate.gov"
      rows = doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-1]
    else
      rows = doc.xpath("//tr")[2..-1]
    end
    rows.each do |row|
      date_text, title = row.children.map{|c| c.text.strip}.reject{|c| c.empty?}
      next if date_text == 'Date' or date_text.size > 10
      date = Date.parse(date_text)
      results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[3].children.first['href'], :title => title, :date => date, :domain => domain }
    end
  end
  results.flatten
end

.committee_methods ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 38

def self.committee_methods
  [:senate_approps_majority, :senate_approps_minority, :senate_banking, :senate_hsag_majority, :senate_hsag_minority, :senate_indian, :senate_aging, :senate_smallbiz_minority, :senate_intel, :house_energy_minority, :house_homeland_security_minority, :house_judiciary_majority, :house_rules_majority, :house_ways_means_majority]
end

.committee_scrapers ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 64

def self.committee_scrapers
  year = Date.today.year
  results = [senate_approps_majority, senate_approps_minority, senate_banking(year), senate_hsag_majority(year), senate_hsag_minority(year),
     senate_indian, senate_aging, senate_smallbiz_minority, senate_intel(113, 2013, 2014), house_energy_minority, house_homeland_security_minority,
     house_judiciary_majority, house_rules_majority, house_ways_means_majority].flatten
  Utils.remove_generic_urls!(results)
end

.conaway(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 343

def self.conaway(page=1)
  results = []
  base_url = "http://conaway.house.gov/news/"
  page_url = base_url + "documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=1279&Page=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(page_url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//li")[41..50].each do |row|
    results << { :source => page_url, :url => base_url + row.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children.text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text.strip), :domain => "conaway.house.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.costa ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 673

def self.costa
  results = []
  domain = 'costa.house.gov'
  url = "http://costa.house.gov/index.php/newsroom30/press-releases12"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//div[@class='nspArt']").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://costa.house.gov" + row.children[0].children[1].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[0].children[1].children[0].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].children[0].text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.crapo ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 478

def self.crapo
  results = []
  base_url = "http://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/"
  url = base_url + "release_all.cfm"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => base_url + row.children[3].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[3].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[1].text.strip.gsub('-','/')), :domain => "crapo.senate.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.crenshaw(year = Date.today.year, month = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 281

def self.crenshaw(year=Date.today.year, month=nil)
  results = []
  year = Date.today.year if not year
  domain = 'crenshaw.house.gov'
  if month
    url = "http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm/pressreleases?YearDisplay=#{year}&MonthDisplay=#{month}&page=1"
  else
    url = "http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm/pressreleases"
  end
  doc = Statement::Scraper.open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[2..-1].each do |row|
    date_text, title = row.children.map{|c| c.text.strip}.reject{|c| c.empty?}
    next if date_text == 'Date' or date_text.size > 10
    date = Date.parse(date_text)
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[3].children.first['href'], :title => title, :date => date, :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.culberson_chabot_grisham(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 621

def self.culberson_chabot_grisham(page=1)
  results = []
  domains = [{'culberson.house.gov' => 2573}, {'chabot.house.gov' => 2508}, {'lujangrisham.house.gov' => 2447}]
  domains.each do |domain|
    doc = open_html("http://"+domain.keys.first+"/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=#{domain.values.first}&Page=#{page}")
    return if doc.nil?
    doc.css('ul.UnorderedNewsList li').each do |row|
      link = "http://"+domain.keys.first+"/news/" + row.children[1]['href']
      title = row.children[1].text.strip
      date = Date.parse(row.children[3].text.strip)
      results << { :source => "http://"+domain.keys.first+"/news/"+"documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=#{domain.values.first}&Page=#{page}", :title => title, :url => link, :date => date, :domain => domain.keys.first }
    end
  end
  results.flatten
end

.document_query(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 725

def self.document_query(page=1)
  results = []
  domains = [
    {"thornberry.house.gov" => 1776},
    {"wenstrup.house.gov" => 2491},
    {"clawson.house.gov" => 2641},
    {"palazzo.house.gov" => 2519},
    {"roe.house.gov" => 1532},
    {"perry.house.gov" => 2608},
    {"rodneydavis.house.gov" => 2427},
    {"kevinbrady.house.gov" => 2657},
    {"loudermilk.house.gov" => 27},
    {"babin.house.gov" => 27},
    {"bridenstine.house.gov" => 2412},
    {"allen.house.gov" => 27},
    {"davidscott.house.gov" => 377},
    {"buddycarter.house.gov" => 27},
    {"grothman.house.gov" => 27},
    {"beyer.house.gov" => 27},
    {"kathleenrice.house.gov" => 27},
    {"hanna.house.gov" => 27}
  ]
  domains.each do |domain|
    doc = open_html("http://"+domain.keys.first+"/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=#{domain.values.first}&Page=#{page}")
    return if doc.nil?
    doc.xpath("//div[@class='middlecopy']//li").each do |row|
      results << { :source => "http://"+domain.keys.first+"/news/"+"documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=#{domain.values.first}&Page=#{page}", :url => "http://"+domain.keys.first+"/news/" + row.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text.strip), :domain => domain.keys.first }
    end
  end
  results.flatten
end

.donnelly(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 540

def self.donnelly(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/"
  domain = "www.donnelly.senate.gov"
  doc = open_html(url+"press?year=#{year}")
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-1].each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip.size < 30
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.donnelly.senate.gov"+row.children[3].children[1]['href'].strip, :title => row.children[3].text.strip, :date => Date.strptime(row.children[1].text, "%m/%d/%y"), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.drupal(urls = [], page = 0) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 920

def self.drupal(urls=[], page=0)
  if urls.empty?
    urls = [
        "http://sherman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "http://mccaul.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "https://ellison.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "http://mcnerney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "http://sanford.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "http://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "http://walz.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "https://pingree.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "http://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "http://wilson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "https://bilirakis.house.gov/press-releases",
        "http://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "https://denham.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "https://sewell.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "https://buchanan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases",
        "https://meehan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases"
    ]
  end

  results = []

  urls.each do |url|
    source_url = "#{url}?page=#{page}"

    domain =  URI.parse(source_url).host
    doc = open_html(source_url)
    return if doc.nil?

    doc.css("#region-content .views-row").each do |row|
        title_anchor = row.css("h3 a")
        title = title_anchor.text
        release_url = "http://#{domain + title_anchor.attr('href')}"
          raw_date = row.css(".views-field-created").text
        results << { :source => source_url,
                     :url => release_url,
                     :title => title,
                     :date => begin Date.parse(raw_date) rescue nil end,
                     :domain => domain }
    end

    # mike quigley's release page doesn't have dates, so we fetch those individually
    if url == "http://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases"
      results.select{|r| r[:source] == source_url}.each do |result|
        doc = open_html(result[:url])
        result[:date] = Date.parse(doc.css(".pane-content").children[0].text.strip)
      end
    end
  end
  results
end

.durbin_burr(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 553

def self.durbin_burr(page=1)
  results = []
  domains = ["www.durbin.senate.gov", "www.burr.senate.gov"]
  domains.each do |domain|
    url = "http://#{domain}/newsroom/press-releases?PageNum_rs=#{page}&"
    doc = open_html(url)
    return if doc.nil?
    doc.xpath("//div[@id='press']//h2").each do |row|
      results << { :source => url, :url => "http://#{domain}"+row.children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[0].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.previous.previous.text.gsub(".","/")), :domain => domain}
    end
  end
  results
end

.edwards ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 608

def self.edwards
  results = []
  domain = 'donnaedwards.house.gov'
  url = "http://donnaedwards.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=10&Itemid=18"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  table = (doc/:table)[4]
  (table/:tr).each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://donnaedwards.house.gov/"+row.children.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children.children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children.children[3].text.strip), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.farr(year = 2014) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 685

def self.farr(year=2014)
  results = []
  domain = 'www.farr.house.gov'
  if year == 2014
    url = "http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases"
  else
    url = "http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases-archive/#{year.to_s}-press-releases"
  end
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr[@class='cat-list-row0']").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://farr.house.gov" + row.children[1].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text.strip), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.fischer(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 490

def self.fischer(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?MonthDisplay=0&YearDisplay=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[2..-1].each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip[0..3] == "Date"
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[3].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[3].text.strip, :date => Date.strptime(row.children[1].text.strip, "%m/%d/%y"), :domain => "fischer.senate.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.gabbard ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 661

def self.gabbard
  results = []
  domain = 'gabbard.house.gov'
  url = "http://gabbard.house.gov/index.php/news/press-releases"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.css('ul.fc_leading li').each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => "http://gabbard.house.gov"+row.children[0].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[0].children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[2].text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.grassley(page = 0) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 502

def self.grassley(page=0)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases?title=&tid=All&date[value]&page=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//div[@class='views-field views-field-field-release-date']").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.grassley.senate.gov" + row.next.next.children[1].children[0]['href'], :title => row.next.next.text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.text.strip), :domain => "grassley.senate.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.house_energy_minority ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 179

def self.house_energy_minority
  results = []
  url = "http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?q=news-releases"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//div[@class='views-field-title']").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov"+row.children[1].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.next.next.text.strip), :domain => "http://energycommerce.house.gov/", :party => 'minority' }
  end
  results
end

.house_gop(url) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 18

def self.house_gop(url)
  doc = open_html(url)
  return unless doc
  uri = URI.parse(url)
  date = Date.parse(uri.query.split('=').last)
  links = doc.xpath("//ul[@id='membernews']").search('a')
  results = links.map do |link|
    abs_link = Utils.absolute_link(url, link["href"])
    { :source => url, :url => abs_link, :title => link.text.strip, :date => date, :domain => URI.parse(link["href"]).host }
  end
  Utils.remove_generic_urls!(results)
end

.house_homeland_security_minority ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 190

def self.house_homeland_security_minority
  results = []
  url = "http://chsdemocrats.house.gov/press/index.asp?subsection=1"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//li[@class='article']").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://chsdemocrats.house.gov"+row.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text), :domain => "http://chsdemocrats.house.gov/", :party => 'minority' }
  end
  results
end

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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 201

def self.house_judiciary_majority
  results = []
  url = "http://judiciary.house.gov/news/press2013.html"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//p")[3..60].each do |row|
    next if row.text.size < 30
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[5]['href'], :title => row.children[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.children[1].text.strip), :domain => "http://judiciary.house.gov/", :party => 'majority' }
  end
  results
end

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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 213

def self.house_rules_majority
  results = []
  url = "http://www.rules.house.gov/News/Default.aspx"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-2].each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip.size < 30
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.rules.house.gov/News/"+row.children[0].children[1].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[0].children[1].children[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.children[2].children[1].text.strip), :domain => "http://www.rules.house.gov/", :party => 'majority' }
  end
  results
end

.house_ways_means_majority ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 225

def self.house_ways_means_majority
  results = []
  url = "http://waysandmeans.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=1496"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//ul[@class='UnorderedNewsList']").children.each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip.size < 10
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://waysandmeans.house.gov"+row.children[1].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children[1].text, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].children[0].text.strip), :domain => "http://waysandmeans.house.gov/", :party => 'majority' }
  end
  results
end

.inhofe(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 567

def self.inhofe(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases?year=#{year}"
  domain = "www.inhofe.senate.gov"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  if doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-1]
    doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-1].each do |row|
      next if row.text.strip.size < 30
      results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[3].children[0]['href'].strip, :title => row.children[3].text, :date => Date.strptime(row.children[1].text, "%m/%d/%y"), :domain => domain}
    end
  end
  results
end

.jenkins ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 812

def self.jenkins
  results = []
  domain = 'lynnjenkins.house.gov/'
  url = "http://lynnjenkins.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=186"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//ul[@class='sectionitems']//li").each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => 'http://lynnjenkins.house.gov' + row.children[3].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[3].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[5].text), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.keating ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 905

def self.keating
  results = []
  domain = "keating.house.gov"
  source_url = "http://#{domain}/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=14&Itemid=13"
  doc = open_html(source_url)
  return if doc.nil?

  doc.css("#adminForm tr")[0..-1].each do |row|
    url = 'http://' + domain + row.children[1].children[1]['href']
    title = row.children[1].children[1].text.strip
    results << { :source => source_url, :url => url, :title => title, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.klobuchar(year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 368

def self.klobuchar(year)
  results = []
  base_url = "http://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/"
  [year.to_i-1,year.to_i].each do |year|
    year_url = base_url + "public/news-releases?MonthDisplay=0&YearDisplay=#{year}"
    doc = open_html(year_url)
    return if doc.nil?
    doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-1].each do |row|
      next if row.children[3].children[0].text.strip == 'Title'
      results << { :source => year_url, :url => row.children[3].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[3].children[0].text.strip, :date => Date.strptime(row.children[1].text, "%m/%d/%y"), :domain => "klobuchar.senate.gov" }
    end
  end
  results
end

.lamborn(limit = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 795

def self.lamborn(limit=nil)
  results = []
  domain = 'lamborn.house.gov'
  url = "http://lamborn.house.gov/2015-press-releases/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  links = (doc/:h3).map{|h| { "http://lamborn.house.gov"+h.children[1]['href'] => h.text.strip} }
  links = links.first(limit) if limit
  links.each do |link|
    page = open_html(link.keys.first)
    print_path = page.search("a").detect{|a| a['onclick'] && a['onclick'].include?('popup')}['onclick'].split("'")[1]
    print_page = open_html("http://lamborn.house.gov"+print_path)
    results << {:source => url, :url => link.keys.first, :title => link.values.first, :date => Date.parse(print_page.xpath('//*[@class="PopupNewsDetailsDate"]').text), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.lautenberg(rows = 1000) ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 466

def self.lautenberg(rows=1000)
  results = []
  base_url = 'http://www.lautenberg.senate.gov/newsroom/'
  url = base_url + "releases.cfm?maxrows=#{rows}&startrow=1&&type=1"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[4..-2].each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => base_url + row.children[2].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[2].text.strip, :date => Date.strptime(row.children[0].text.strip, "%m/%d/%y"), :domain => "lautenberg.senate.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.lujan ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 396

def self.lujan
  results = []
  base_url = 'http://lujan.house.gov/'
  doc = open_html(base_url+'index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=981&Itemid=78')
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath('//ul')[1].children.each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip == ''
    results << { :source => base_url+'index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=981&Itemid=78', :url => base_url + row.children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[0].text, :date => nil, :domain => "lujan.house.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.mcclintock ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 701

def self.mcclintock
  results = []
  domain = 'mcclintock.house.gov'
  url = "http://mcclintock.house.gov/press-all.shtml"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.css("ul li").first(152).each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[0].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[0].children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].children[0].text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.member_methods ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 31

def self.member_methods
  [:crenshaw, :capuano, :cold_fusion, :conaway, :chabot, :freshman_senators, :klobuchar, :billnelson, :crapo, :boxer,
  :vitter, :inhofe, :document_query, :swalwell, :fischer, :clark, :edwards, :culberson_chabot_grisham, :barton,
  :welch, :sessions, :gabbard, :costa, :farr, :mcclintock, :olson, :schumer, :lamborn, :walden, :boehner,
  :bennie_thompson, :speier, :poe, :grassley, :bennet, :shaheen, :keating, :drupal, :jenkins, :durbin_burr, :rand_paul]
end

.member_scrapers ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 42

def self.member_scrapers
  year = Date.today.year
  results = [crenshaw, capuano, cold_fusion(year, nil), conaway, chabot, klobuchar(year), billnelson(page=0),
    document_query(page=1), document_query(page=2), swalwell(page=1), crapo, boxer, grassley(page=0),
    vitter(year=year), inhofe(year=year), fischer, clark(year=year), edwards, culberson_chabot_grisham(page=1), barton, welch,
    sessions(year=year), gabbard, costa, farr, olson, schumer, lamborn(limit=10), walden, bennie_thompson, speier,
    poe(year=year, month=0), bennet(page=1), shaheen(page=1), perlmutter, keating, drupal, jenkins, durbin_burr(page=1),
    rand_paul(page = 1)].flatten
  results = results.compact
  Utils.remove_generic_urls!(results)
end

.olson(year = 2014) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 713

def self.olson(year=2014)
  results = []
  domain = 'olson.house.gov'
  url = "http://olson.house.gov/#{year}-press-releases/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:h3).each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => 'http://olson.house.gov' + row.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.next.next.text), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.open_html(url) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 10

def self.open_html(url)
  begin
    Nokogiri::HTML(open(url).read)
  rescue
    nil
  end
end

.patrick_meehan(page = 0) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 440

def self.patrick_meehan(page = 0)
  # This is a Drupal page and it uses the View plugin, but unlike the other
  # Drupal pages, it does not make use of .views-field-created, and instead, the
  # only Month-Year is given (03 Feb).
  page_url = "https://meehan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases?page=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(page_url)
  return if doc.nil?
  results = doc.search('.view-congress-press-releases .views-row').inject([]) do |arr, article|
    title = article.search('.views-field-title a')[0]
    article_url = URI.join(page_url, title['href'])
    raise "Date still needs to be parsed; thanks a lot Drupal"
    article_datestr = title.previous_element.text
    arr << {
      :source => page_url,
      :url => article_url.to_s,
      :domain => article_url.host,
      :title => title.text,
      :date => Date.strptime(article_datestr, 'SOMETHING')
    }
  end

  results
end

.perlmutter ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 892

def self.perlmutter
  results = []
  domain = "perlmutter.house.gov"
  url = "http://#{domain}/index.php/media-center/press-releases-86821"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?

  doc.css("#adminForm tr")[0..-1].each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://" + domain + row.children[1].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.poe(year, month = 0) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 383

def self.poe(year, month=0)
  results = []
  base_url = "http://poe.house.gov"
  month_url = base_url + "/press-releases?MonthDisplay=#{month}&YearDisplay=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(month_url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-1].each do |row|
    next if row.children[3].children[0].text.strip == 'Title'
    results << { :source => month_url, :url => base_url + row.children[3].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[3].children[0].text.strip, :date => Date.strptime(row.children[1].text, "%m/%d/%y"), :domain => "poe.house.gov" }
  end
  results
end

.rand_paul(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 420

def self.rand_paul(page = 1)
  # each page contains a max of 20 results
  page_url = "http://www.paul.senate.gov/news/press?PageNum_rs=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(page_url)
  return if doc.nil?
  results = doc.search('#press .title').inject([]) do |arr, title|
    article_url = URI.join(page_url, title.search('a')[0]['href'])
    article_datestr = title.previous_element.text # e.g. "05.11.15"
    arr << {
      :source => page_url,
      :url => article_url.to_s,
      :domain => article_url.host,
      :title => title.text,
      :date => Date.strptime(article_datestr, '%m.%d.%y')
    }
  end
  results
end

.schumer(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 757

def self.schumer(page=1)
  results = []
  domain = 'www.schumer.senate.gov'
  url = "http://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/table?PageNum_rs=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  rows = (doc/:table/:tr).select{|r| !r.children[3].nil?}
  rows.each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => row.children[3].children[1]['href'].strip, :title => row.children[3].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[1].text.strip), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 146

def self.senate_aging
  results = []
  url = "http://www.aging.senate.gov/pressroom.cfm?maxrows=100&startrow=1&&type=1"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[6..104].each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.aging.senate.gov/"+row.children[2].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[2].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].text), :domain => "http://www.aging.senate.gov/" }
  end
  results
end

.senate_approps_majority ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 74

def self.senate_approps_majority
  results = []
  url = "http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news.cfm"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//div[@class='newsDateUnderlined']").each do |date|
    date.next.next.children.reject{|c| c.text.strip.empty?}.each do |row|
      results << { :source => url, :url => url + row.children[0]['href'], :title => row.text, :date => Date.parse(date.text), :domain => "http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/", :party => 'majority' }
    end
  end
  results
end

.senate_approps_minority ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 87

def self.senate_approps_minority
  results = []
  url = "http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/republican.cfm"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//div[@class='newsDateUnderlined']").each do |date|
    date.next.next.children.reject{|c| c.text.strip.empty?}.each do |row|
      results << { :source => url, :url => url + row.children[0]['href'], :title => row.text, :date => Date.parse(date.text), :domain => "http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/", :party => 'minority' }
    end
  end
  results
end

.senate_banking(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 100

def self.senate_banking(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Newsroom.PressReleases&ContentRecordType_id=b94acc28-404a-4fc6-b143-a9e15bf92da4&Region_id=&Issue_id=&MonthDisplay=0&YearDisplay=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/" + row.children[2].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[2].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].text.strip+", #{year}"), :domain => "http://www.banking.senate.gov/", :party => 'majority' }
  end
  results
end

.senate_hsag_majority(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 111

def self.senate_hsag_majority(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/majority-media?year=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr").each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip.size < 30
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[2].children[0]['href'].strip, :title => row.children[2].children[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].text), :domain => "http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/", :party => 'majority' }
  end
  results
end

.senate_hsag_minority(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 123

def self.senate_hsag_minority(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/minority-media?year=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr").each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip.size < 30
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[2].children[0]['href'].strip, :title => row.children[2].children[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].text), :domain => "http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/", :party => 'minority' }
  end
  results
end

.senate_indian ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 135

def self.senate_indian
  results = []
  url = "http://www.indian.senate.gov/news/index.cfm"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//h3").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.indian.senate.gov"+row.children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.previous.previous.text), :domain => "http://www.indian.senate.gov/", :party => 'majority' }
  end
  results
end

.senate_intel(congress = 113, start_year = 2013, end_year = 2014) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 168

def self.senate_intel(congress=113, start_year=2013, end_year=2014)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/releases.cfm?congress=#{congress}&y1=#{start_year}&y2=#{end_year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr[@valign='top']")[7..-1].each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/"+row.children[2].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[2].children[0].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].text), :domain => "http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/" }
  end
  results
end

.senate_smallbiz_minority ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 157

def self.senate_smallbiz_minority
  results = []
  url = "http://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=RepublicanPressRoom"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//ul[@class='recordList']").each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[0].children[2].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[0].children[2].children[0].text, :date => Date.parse(row.children[0].children[0].text), :domain => "http://www.sbc.senate.gov/", :party => 'minority' }
  end
  results
end

.sessions(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 595

def self.sessions(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  domain = 'sessions.senate.gov'
  url = "http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?YearDisplay=#{year}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:tr)[1..-1].each do |row|
    next if row.children[1].text.strip == 'Date'
    results << { :source => url, :date => Date.parse(row.children[1].text), :title => row.children[3].children.text, :url => row.children[3].children[0]['href'], :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.shaheen(page = 1) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 782

def self.shaheen(page=1)
  results = []
  domain = 'www.shaheen.senate.gov'
  url = "http://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/index.cfm?PageNum_rs=#{page}"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:ul)[3].children.each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip == ''
    results << {:source => url, :url => row.children[2].children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[2].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children.first.text), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.speier ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 848

def self.speier
  results = []
  domain = "speier.house.gov"
  url = "http://speier.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=20&Itemid=14"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath('//*[@id="adminForm"]/table/tbody/tr').each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => 'http://speier.house.gov' + row.children[1].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[3].text.strip), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.swalwell(page = 1) ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 239

def self.swalwell(page=1)
  results = []
  url = "http://swalwell.house.gov/category/press-releases/page/#{page}/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//h3")[0..4].each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[0]['href'], :title => row.children[0].text, :date => nil, :domain => 'swalwell.house.gov'}
  end
  results
end

.vitter(year = Date.today.year) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 526

def self.vitter(year=Date.today.year)
  results = []
  url = "http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/"
  domain = "www.vitter.senate.gov"
  doc = open_html(url+"press?year=#{year}")
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath("//tr")[1..-1].each do |row|
    next if row.text.strip.size < 30
    results << { :source => url, :url => row.children[3].children[0]['href'].strip, :title => row.children[3].text, :date => Date.strptime(row.children[1].text, "%m/%d/%y"), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end

.walden ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 824

def self.walden
  results = []
  domain = 'walden.house.gov'
  url = "http://walden.house.gov/s2015/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  doc.xpath('//*[@id="centerbox"]/div[1]/ul/li').each do |row|
    results << {:source => url, :url => 'http://walden.house.gov' + row.children[3].children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[3].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.children[5].text), :domain => domain }
  end
  results
end

.welch ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/statement/scraper.rb', line 649

def self.welch
  results = []
  domain = 'welch.house.gov'
  url = "http://www.welch.house.gov/press-releases/"
  doc = open_html(url)
  return if doc.nil?
  (doc/:h3).each do |row|
    results << { :source => url, :url => "http://www.welch.house.gov/"+row.children[1]['href'], :title => row.children[1].text.strip, :date => Date.parse(row.next.next.text), :domain => domain}
  end
  results
end