module VoiceRSS

description: Unofficial gem using Ruby code copied from voicerss.org

see http://www.voicerss.org/sdk/ruby.aspx

Public Class Methods

speech(settings) click to toggle source

# File lib/voicerss2017.rb, line 14
def self.speech(settings)
  _validate(settings)
  return _request(settings)
end

Private Class Methods

_buildRequest(settings) click to toggle source

# File lib/voicerss2017.rb, line 57
def self._buildRequest(settings)
  return {
    'key' => settings['key'],
    'src' => settings['src'],
    'hl' => settings['hl'],
    'r' => settings['r'],
    'c' => settings['c'],
    'f' => settings['f'],
    'ssml' => settings['ssml'],
    'b64' => settings['b64']
  }
end

_request(settings) click to toggle source

# File lib/voicerss2017.rb, line 28
def self._request(settings)
  response = {
    'error' => nil,
    'response' => nil
  }
      
  uri = URI((settings['ssl'] ? 'https' : 'http') + '://api.voicerss.org/')
  req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
  req.set_form_data(_buildRequest(settings))
    
  res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
    :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(req)
  end
  
  case res
  when Net::HTTPSuccess
    if res.body.index('ERROR') == 0
      response['error'] = res.body
    else
      response['response'] = res.body
    end
  else
    response['error'] = res.message
  end
      
  response
end

_validate(settings) click to toggle source

# File lib/voicerss2017.rb, line 21
def self._validate(settings)
  raise 'The settings are undefined' if settings.nil? || settings.empty?
  raise 'The API key is undefined' if settings['key'].nil? || settings['key'].empty?
  raise 'The text is undefined' if settings['src'].nil? || settings['src'].empty?
  raise 'The language is undefined' if settings['hl'].nil? || settings['hl'].empty?
end