Class: Wotd::Word

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/wotd/word.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#definition ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute definition.



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# File 'lib/wotd/word.rb', line 2

def definition
  @definition
end

#example ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute example.



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# File 'lib/wotd/word.rb', line 2

def example
  @example
end

#fact ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute fact.



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# File 'lib/wotd/word.rb', line 2

def fact
  @fact
end

#syllables ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute syllables.



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# File 'lib/wotd/word.rb', line 2

def syllables
  @syllables
end

#wotd ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute wotd.



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# File 'lib/wotd/word.rb', line 2

def wotd
  @wotd
end

Class Method Details

.scrape_word ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/wotd/word.rb', line 10

def self.scrape_word
  # go to site, find wotd
  # extract properties
  # instantiate word
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open("http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day"))
  word = self.new
  word.wotd = doc.search("h1").last.text
  word.syllables = doc.search("div.word-attributes span.word-syllables").text
  word.definition = doc.search( '//h2[text()="Definition"]/following::p[not(preceding::h2[text()="Examples"])]' ).text
  word.example = doc.search('//*[preceding-sibling::h2[2]]').first.text
  word.fact = doc.search("div.wod-did-you-know-container p").text
  word
end

.today ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/wotd/word.rb', line 4

def self.today
  word = []
  word << self.scrape_word
  word
end