class Emeril::Category

A category for a cookbook on the Community Site.

@author Fletcher Nichol <fnichol@nichol.ca>

Public Class Methods

for_cookbook(cookbook) click to toggle source

Returns the category for the given cookbook on the Community Site or nil if it is not present.

@param [String] cookbook a cookbook name @return [String,nil] the cookbook category or nil if it is not present

on the Community site
# File lib/emeril/category.rb, line 20
def self.for_cookbook(cookbook)
  uri = URI("https://supermarket.getchef.com/api/v1/cookbooks/#{cookbook}")
  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
  response = http.request(request)
  JSON.parse(response.body)["category"]
end