Class: VoteSmartApi
- Inherits:
-
GenericApi
- Object
- GenericApi
- VoteSmartApi
- Includes:
- HTTParty
- Defined in:
- lib/apis/vote_smart_api.rb
Instance Method Summary collapse
- #candidate_find_for_office_and_state(office, state) ⇒ Object
- #candidate_fuzzy_find(lastname) ⇒ Object
- #candidate_getBio(candidateId) ⇒ Object
- #get_votesmart_candidate(method_name, query) ⇒ Object
-
#key=(key) ⇒ Object
Simply declare and remember the API Key.
- #officials_fuzzy_find(lastname) ⇒ Object
Methods inherited from GenericApi
Instance Method Details
#candidate_find_for_office_and_state(office, state) ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/apis/vote_smart_api.rb', line 65 def candidate_find_for_office_and_state(office, state) get_votesmart_candidate("/Candidate.getByOfficeState", :query => {:officeId => office, :stateId => state}) end |
#candidate_fuzzy_find(lastname) ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/apis/vote_smart_api.rb', line 53 def candidate_fuzzy_find(lastname) get_votesmart_candidate("/Candidates.getByLevenstein", :query => {:lastName => lastname}) end |
#candidate_getBio(candidateId) ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/apis/vote_smart_api.rb', line 61 def candidate_getBio(candidateId) get_votesmart_candidate("/Candidate.getBio", :query => {:candidateId => candidateId}) end |
#get_votesmart_candidate(method_name, query) ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/apis/vote_smart_api.rb', line 38 def get_votesmart_candidate(method_name, query) begin result = VoteSmartApi.get(method_name, query) rescue Net::HTTPServerException => exception puts "\nEXCEPTION: from votesmart_api #{method_name}: #{exception.response.body}" return nil end if result.has_key?("error") puts "\nERROR: from votesmart_api #{method_name}: #{result["error"]["errorMessage"]}" return nil else result["candidateList"]["candidate"] end end |
#key=(key) ⇒ Object
Simply declare and remember the API Key
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# File 'lib/apis/vote_smart_api.rb', line 33 def key=(key) @api_key = key VoteSmartApi.default_params :key => key end |
#officials_fuzzy_find(lastname) ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/apis/vote_smart_api.rb', line 57 def officials_fuzzy_find(lastname) get_votesmart_candidate("/Officials.getByLevenstein", :query => {:lastName => lastname}) end |