Class: WashoePolls::Client

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/washoe_polls/client.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Client

Returns a new instance of Client.



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# File 'lib/washoe_polls/client.rb', line 4

def initialize()
end

Instance Method Details

#fetch(voter_id) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/washoe_polls/client.rb', line 21

def fetch(voter_id)
  response = get "http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/voters/regsearch.php~details=#{voter_id}"
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(response)
  doc.css('br').each{ |br| br.replace("\n") }
  nodes = doc.xpath('//table')[1].xpath('tr//td[2]')
  info = {
    :name => nodes[0].content,
    :birth_date => nodes[1].content,
    :precinct => nodes[2].content,
    :place => nodes[3].content.gsub(/\nclick for directions/,''),
    :address => nodes[4].content,
    :party => nodes[5].content,
    :registered => nodes[6].content
  }
end

#lookup(last_name, birth_date) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/washoe_polls/client.rb', line 7

def lookup(last_name,birth_date)
  post_vars = {
    :submit => "on",
    :color => "blue",
    :text_version => "",
    :Last => last_name,
    :Birth => birth_date
  }
  response = post 'http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/voters/regsearch.php', post_vars
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(response)
  id = /.*?~details=(\d+)&/.match(doc.xpath('//table')[1].xpath('tr')[1].at_xpath('td/a').attr('href'))[1]
  id.to_i
end