class DictionaryScraper
Attributes
user_input[RW]
Public Class Methods
new()
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# File lib/words_and_idioms/dictionary_scraper.rb, line 9 def initialize begin @@word = @@correct_spelling || UserInput.get_word word_url = "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/#{@@word}" html = open(word_url) @@doc = Nokogiri::HTML(html) rescue OpenURI::HTTPError check_spelling else print_definition end end
Public Instance Methods
check_spelling()
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# File lib/words_and_idioms/dictionary_scraper.rb, line 33 def check_spelling begin check_url = "http://www.macmillandictionary.com/spellcheck/british/?q=#{@@word}" check_html = open(check_url) check_doc = Nokogiri::HTML(check_html) @@correct_spelling = check_doc.css("#search-results")[1].children.children[1].children.children.text rescue NoMethodError puts "Hmmm... That's a tough one. I can't find that one anywhere. Maybe you can add it to the open dictionary!".red puts " " else puts "Hmmm... I can't find that one in the dictionary. Did you mean #{@@correct_spelling.upcase}?".yellow puts "Y/N?:" if gets.chomp.downcase == "y" DictionaryScraper.new else puts " " puts "Well, then. Perhaps we can try again.".green puts " " end end end
print_definition()
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# File lib/words_and_idioms/dictionary_scraper.rb, line 22 def print_definition definition_xml = @@doc.css(".def-content")[0].text definition_init_parse = definition_xml.split("\r\n") @@definition = definition_init_parse[1].delete("\n").strip puts " " puts "According to dictionary.com #{@@word} means:".green puts "#{@@definition}" puts " " @@correct_spelling = nil end