Class: DictionaryScraper

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/words_and_idioms/dictionary_scraper.rb

Constant Summary collapse

@@word = 
""
@@definition = 
""

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ DictionaryScraper

Returns a new instance of DictionaryScraper.



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# File 'lib/words_and_idioms/dictionary_scraper.rb', line 11

def initialize
  begin
    @@word = UserInput.get_word
    word_url = "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/#{@@word}"
    html = open(word_url)
    doc = Nokogiri::HTML(html)

  rescue OpenURI::HTTPError
    DictionaryScraper.check_spelling

  else
    definition_xml = doc.css(".def-content")[0].text
    definition_init_parse = definition_xml.split("\r\n")
    @@definition = definition_init_parse[1].delete("\n").strip
    puts " "
    puts " "
    puts "According to dictionary.com #{@@word} means:".green
    puts "#{@@definition}"
    puts " "
    puts " "
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#user_input ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute user_input.



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# File 'lib/words_and_idioms/dictionary_scraper.rb', line 6

def user_input
  @user_input
end

Class Method Details

.check_spelling ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/words_and_idioms/dictionary_scraper.rb', line 34

def self.check_spelling
  begin
    check_url = "http://www.macmillandictionary.com/spellcheck/british/?q=#{@@word}"
    check_html = open(check_url)
    check_doc = Nokogiri::HTML(check_html)
    @correct_spelling = check_doc.css("#search-results")[1].children.children[1].children.children.text
    rescue NoMethodError
      puts "Hmmm... That's a tough one. I can't find that one anywhere. Maybe you can add it to the open dictionary!".red
      puts " "
      puts " "
    else
    puts "Hmmm... I can't find that one in the dictionary. Did you mean #{@correct_spelling.upcase}?".yellow
    puts "Y/N?:"
    if gets.chomp == "Y"
      @correct_word = @correct_spelling
      corrected_url = "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/#{@correct_word}"
      corrected_html = open(corrected_url)
      corrected_doc = Nokogiri::HTML(corrected_html)
      corrected_definition_xml = corrected_doc.css(".def-content")[0].text
      corrected_definition_init_parse = corrected_definition_xml.split("\r\n")
      @corrected_definition = corrected_definition_init_parse[1].delete("\n").strip
      puts "According to dictionary.com #{@correct_word} means:".green
      puts "#{@corrected_definition}"
    else
      puts " "
      puts " "
      puts "Well, then. Perhaps we can try again.".green
      puts " "
      puts " "
    end
  end
end