Class: BiolaWebServices::Service

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/biola_web_services/service.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(service_name) ⇒ Service

Returns a new instance of Service.



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# File 'lib/biola_web_services/service.rb', line 7

def initialize(service_name)
  @service_name = service_name
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(m, *args) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/biola_web_services/service.rb', line 24

def method_missing(m, *args)
  method_name = ruby_to_ws_method_name(m)
  modifier = m.to_s[-1, 1]
  args = args[0] if args.length == 1

  case modifier
  when '?' # return true or false
    response = send_request(method_name, args)
    %w(true t yes y 1).include?(response.to_s.downcase.strip)
  when '!' # raise errors
    send_request(method_name, args)
  else # return nil on error
    begin
      send_request(method_name, args)
    rescue
      nil
    end
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#send_request(method_name, args) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/biola_web_services/service.rb', line 11

def send_request(method_name, args)
  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new request_path(method_name)
  request.set_form_data args

  conn = BiolaWebServices.connection
  response = conn.start { |conn| conn.request(request) }
  begin
    JSON.parse response.body
  rescue JSON::ParserError
    response.body # not all responses are JSON
  end
end