Class: SunlightApi

Inherits:
GenericApi show all
Includes:
HTTParty
Defined in:
lib/apis/sunlight_api.rb

Overview

Control Access to Sunlight API.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from GenericApi

#initialized?

Instance Method Details

#key=(key) ⇒ Object

Simply declare and remember the API Key



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# File 'lib/apis/sunlight_api.rb', line 42

def key=(key)
  @api_key = key
  SunlightApi.default_params :apikey => key
end

#legislators_get(params) ⇒ Object

Call Sunlight queries returning a single legislator matching a query



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# File 'lib/apis/sunlight_api.rb', line 48

def legislators_get(params)
  begin
    result = SunlightApi.get("/api/legislators.get", :query => params)
    result = result["response"]["legislator"]
  rescue Net::HTTPServerException => exception
    puts "EXCEPTION: from Sunlight - legislators.get: #{exception.response.body}"
    return nil
  end
end

#legislators_getlist(params) ⇒ Object

Sunlight query returning an array of matching legislators



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# File 'lib/apis/sunlight_api.rb', line 59

def legislators_getlist(params)
  begin
    result = SunlightApi.get("/api/legislators.getList", :query => params)
    result = result["response"]["legislators"]
  rescue Net::HTTPServerException => exception
    puts "EXCEPTION: from Sunlight - legislators.getList: #{exception.response.body}"
    return nil
  end
end

#legislators_search(params) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/apis/sunlight_api.rb', line 36

def legislators_search(params)
  result = SunlightApi.get("/api/legislators.search", :query => {:name => params})
  result["response"]["results"]
end