Class: TopTravelDestinations::Scraper

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

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.scrape_regions_array ⇒ Object 



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

def self.scrape_regions_array
  index_url = "https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Destinations"
  html = open(index_url)
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(html)

  region_array = []

  doc.search("#tcRegions .tocContainer a").collect do |regionnode|
    name = regionnode.text
    sub_url = regionnode.attribute("href").value
    region_array << {
      :name => name,
      :region_url => "https://www.tripadvisor.com#{sub_url}"
    }
  end #end iterator
  region_array
end