Class: Concerns::API

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/api.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.get_categories ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/api.rb', line 2

def self.get_categories
  cats = RestClient.get('http://ufc-data-api.ufc.com/api/v1/us/events')
  @data = JSON.parse(cats)

  @data.each do |events|
    Concerns::Events.new_from_api(events)
  end
end

.scrape_fights(array_of_events) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/api.rb', line 11

def self.scrape_fights(array_of_events)
  #for each event id this will scrape event data iterate through the fights and create EventFight objects for each fight on the event and associate those fights to an event
  #binding.pry
  array_of_events.each do |event|

    doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open("http://ufc-data-api.ufc.com/api/v1/us/events/#{event.id}"))

    doc.css('.flipcard-front-pre').each do |card|
      red_name = card.css('.fighter-name-red').text.strip

      blue_name = card.css('.fighter-name-blue').text.strip

      #takes valid data and makes a hash out of it
      fight_stats = card.css('.fight-card-match-up td').map {|stat| stat.text}.select {|stat| stat != stat.empty?}

      fight_hash = {}
      fight_hash[:red_record] = fight_stats.first
      fight_hash[:blue_record] = fight_stats[2]
      fight_hash[:red_height] = fight_stats[3]
      fight_hash[:blue_height] = fight_stats[5]
      fight_hash[:red_weight] = fight_stats[6]
      fight_hash[:blue_weight] = fight_stats[8]
      #creates new fight and passes names and stat values to it
      new_fight = Concerns::EventFight.new(red_name, blue_name, fight_hash)
      #adds the fight to the Events.event_fights array
      event.event_fights << new_fight
    end
  end
end