class Askwiki

Public Class Methods

ask( query, lang='en' ) click to toggle source

# File lib/askwiki.rb, line 28
def self.ask( query, lang='en' )
  ask_obj = Askwiki.new lang
  ask_obj.ask query
end

new( lang='en' ) click to toggle source

# File lib/askwiki.rb, line 8
def initialize( lang='en' )
  @language = lang
end

Public Instance Methods

ask(query) click to toggle source

# File lib/askwiki.rb, line 12
def ask query
  query_encoded = URI::encode(query)
  request_url = "http://#{@language}.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=#{query_encoded}&format=json&prop=text&section=0&redirects"
  text = ''
  OpenURI.allow_redirect do
    open(request_url) do |file|
      text = JSON.parse(file.read())['parse']['text'].first[1]
        .gsub(/<\/?[^>]+>/, '') # strip tags
        .gsub(/[[:space:]]+/, ' ') # strip whitespace
        .gsub(/&#[0-9]+;/,'') # strip encoded
        .gsub(/\[[0-9]+\]/,'') # strip referencing
    end
  end
  text
end