class SunlightPartyTime

Public Class Methods

new(apikey) click to toggle source

# File lib/sunlightpartytime.rb, line 5
def initialize(apikey)
  @apikey = apikey
end

Public Instance Methods

crp_id(name) click to toggle source

Get legislator ID

# File lib/sunlightpartytime.rb, line 10
def crp_id(name)
  options = {:query => {:apikey => @apikey} }
  namearray = name.split(" ")
  data = HTTParty.get("http://congress.api.sunlightfoundation.com/legislators?query="+namearray.last, options)["results"]

  data.each do |l| 
    dhash = Hash[*l.flatten]
    if data.length > 1
      return dhash["crp_id"] if dhash["first_name"] == namearray.first
    else return dhash["crp_id"]
    end
  end
end

parties(name) click to toggle source

Get all events a legislator is a beneficiary of

# File lib/sunlightpartytime.rb, line 25
def parties(name)
  cid = crp_id(name)
  options = {:query => {:apikey => @apikey} }
  data = HTTParty.get("http://politicalpartytime.org/api/v1/event/?beneficiaries__crp_id=" + cid.to_s + "&format=json", options)["objects"]
  return data.to_json
end

parties_clean(name) click to toggle source

Get a cleaner JSON of party events

# File lib/sunlightpartytime.rb, line 33
def parties_clean(name)
  parties = JSON.parse(parties(name))
  partyarray = Array.new

  parties.each do |p|
    savehash = Hash.new
    phash = Hash[*p.flatten]
    
    savehash["start time"] = phash["start_date"].to_s
    savehash["end time"] = phash["end_date"].to_s
    savehash["headline"] = "Party: " + phash["entertainment"].to_s 
    savehash["text"] = "contributions_info: " + phash["contributions_info"].to_s + " venue: " + phash["venue"]["venue_name"].to_s + " " +  phash["venue"]["city"].to_s + ", " + phash["venue"]["state"].to_s 
    
    partyarray.push(savehash)
  end
  
  partyarray.to_json
end