Method: Wik#find

Defined in:
lib/wik.rb

#find(phrase, limit = 15, snippet = false, display = true) ⇒ Object

Do a search by phrase, returns a hash with full search data, but first prints the parsed search data



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# File 'lib/wik.rb', line 23

def find(phrase, limit=15, snippet=false, display=true)
  search = phrase.split.join("_")
  if snippet
    endpoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=search&srsearch=#{search}&srlimit=#{limit}"
  else
    endpoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=search&srsearch=#{search}&srlimit=#{limit}&srprop"
  end
  hash = get(endpoint)
  info = hash["query"]["searchinfo"]
  results = hash["query"]["search"]
  if display
    puts "Total hits : #{ info["totalhits"] }"
    if info["suggestion"]
      puts "Suggestion : #{ info["suggestion"] }"
    end
    puts "Displaying #{results.length} results:"
    results.each do |result|
      # https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454
      if snippet
        snip = result["snippet"].gsub( /<.*?>/, "" ).gsub( /&\w+;/, "" ).split.join(" ")
        puts "\n'#{result["title"]}' : #{snip}..."
      else
        puts "\n'#{result["title"]}'"
      end
    end
  end
  return hash
end