class Wikiquote - wikiquote-api-0.2.0 Documentation

getQuotesForSection(page_id, section_id) click to toggle source

getQuotesForSection (Fixnum page_id, Fixnum section_id) Get all quotes from given section id Return an array of string. Each string is a quote

# File lib/wikiquote-api.rb, line 58
def self.getQuotesForSection(page_id, section_id)
  uri = URI(@@url)
  params = { format: "json", action: "parse", pageid: page_id, noimages: "", section: section_id }
  uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
  ret = []
  if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
    arr = JSON.parse(res.body)
    unless arr["error"]
      page = Nokogiri::HTML(arr["parse"]["text"]["*"])
      arr1 = page.css("ul li")
      arr2 = page.css("ul li ul li")
      short = arr1 + arr2 - (arr1 & arr2)
      long = arr1 + arr2
      ret = short.collect{ |l| l.text }
    end
  else
    # puts "Request didn't succeed"
  end
  ret
end

getRandomQuote(title) click to toggle source

getRandomQuote (String CelebrityName) Get a random quote from give celebrity name Return a string which is the randomly picked quote

# File lib/wikiquote-api.rb, line 85
def self.getRandomQuote(title)

  res = ""
  begin
    page_id = self.getTitle(title)
    unless page_id == -1
      quotes = self.getQuotesForSection(page_id, 1)
      res = quotes[rand(quotes.length)]
    end
  rescue
  end
  res

end

getSectionsForPage(page_id) click to toggle source

getSectionForPage (Fixnum page_id) Get the sections for the given page id Return an hash like : {section_id: sectionName, …} or an empty hash if an error occurs

# File lib/wikiquote-api.rb, line 33
def self.getSectionsForPage(page_id)

  uri = URI(@@url)
  params = { format: "json", action: "parse", pageid: page_id, prop: "sections" }
  uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
  hash = {}
  if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
    unless page_id == -1
      arr = JSON.parse(res.body)["parse"]["sections"]
      arr.each do |elem|
        hash[elem["number"]] = elem["anchor"]
      end
    end
  else
    # puts "Request didn't succeed"
  end
  hash
end

getTitle(title) click to toggle source

getTitle (String CelebrityName) Get page id of a page which correspond to argv title. Return a positive int or -1 if an error occurs

# File lib/wikiquote-api.rb, line 13
def self.getTitle(title)
  uri = URI(@@url)
  new_title = title.split(' ').collect{ |elem| elem.capitalize }.join(' ')
  params = { format: "json", action: "query", titles: new_title }
  uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
  if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
    res = JSON.parse(res.body)["query"]["pages"].first[0].to_i
  else
    # puts "Request didn't succeed"
    res = -1
  end
  res
end

resetUrl() click to toggle source

resetUrl Used after a language change to reset url

# File lib/wikiquote-api.rb, line 103
def self.resetUrl()
  @@url = "https://#{@@lang}.wikiquote.org/w/api.php"
end

setLang(lang) click to toggle source

setLang Change Wikiquote language Return true if succeed or false if error

# File lib/wikiquote-api.rb, line 111
def self.setLang(lang)
  success = true

  if lang.length == 2
    begin
      url = URI.parse("https://#{lang}.wikiquote.org/")
      req = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
      res = req.request_head(url.path)
      success = false unless res.code != "404"
    rescue
      success = false
    end

    if success
      @@lang = lang
    else
      puts "This lang is not supported"
    end
  else
    puts "The lang in parameter must be a two letters string"
  end
  self.resetUrl()
  success
end