ProPublica 0.0.6 → 0.0.8

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data/lib/propublica.rb

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ class ProPublica
     end
 
    def about
-      puts "Hello! This is a Ruby wrapper for the ProPublica API.\n" +
-           " Please get started by entering your API KEY in a new ProPublica instance creation (e.g., client = ProPublica.new(YOUR_KEY_HERE))\n" +
-           "Good luck, citizen!"
+       puts "Hello! This is a Ruby wrapper for the ProPublica API.
+       Try getting starting by seeing current senators for California, for example:
+       'sens = client.get_senate_members(115).select{ |sen| sen[:state] == 'CA'}'"
+       return self.get_senate_members(115).select{ |sen| sen[:state] == 'CA'}
    end
 
    def config(api_key)
@@ -39,11 +40,10 @@ class ProPublica
     end
    end
 
+   # TO-DO: Be able to select and retrieve all desired information keys (e.g., twitter_account).
    def get_senate_members(congress_number)
-      # Returns an array of senate member hash objects.
-      # TO-DO: Be able to select and retrieve all desired information keys (e.g., twitter_account).
-      if self.get_response_from_API(congress_number,"senate")
-        raw_senate_members_data = JSON.parse(self.get_response_from_API(congress_number,"senate").body)
+      if response = self.get_response_from_API(congress_number,"senate")
+        raw_senate_members_data = JSON.parse(response.body)
         senate_members = raw_senate_members_data["results"].first["members"]
         all_members = []
 
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@ class ProPublica
       end
     end
 
+   # TO-DO: Be able to select and retrieve all desired information keys (e.g., twitter_account).
    def get_house_members(congress_number)
-    # Returns an array of house member hash objects.
-    # TO-DO: Be able to select and retrieve all desired information keys (e.g., twitter_account).
-    if self.get_response_from_API(congress_number,"house")
-      raw_house_members_data = JSON.parse(self.get_response_from_API(congress_number,"house").body)
+    if response = self.get_response_from_API(congress_number,"house")
+      raw_house_members_data = JSON.parse(response.body)
       house_members = raw_house_members_data["results"].first["members"]
       all_members = []
 
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ class ProPublica
         end
 
         raw_member_data = JSON.parse(response.body)
-        return raw_member_data["results"].first # NOTE: This is idiosyncratic per endpoint structure.
+        return raw_member_data["results"].first
     else
       puts "Please configure your API key."
       return false

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: ProPublica
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.0.6
+  version: 0.0.8
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - O. A. Malik