distillery 0.1.0 → 0.1.1

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  1. data/README.md +6 -4
  2. data/Rakefile +1 -1
  3. data/lib/distillery/document.rb +54 -24
  4. data/lib/distillery/version.rb +1 -1
  5. data/spec/acceptance_spec.rb +10 -0
  6. data/spec/fixtures/.DS_Store +0 -0
  7. data/spec/fixtures/bourbon_balls.html +950 -0
  8. data/spec/lib/distillery/document_spec.rb +54 -30
  9. metadata +22 -18
data/README.md CHANGED
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  Distillery extracts the "content" portion out of an HTML document. It applies heuristics based on element type, location, class/id name and other attributes to try and find the content part of the HTML document and return it.
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- The logic for Distillery was heavily influenced by [Readability](https://www.readability.com/), who was nice enough to make [their logic](http://code.google.com/p/arc90labs-readability/source/browse/trunk/js/readability.js) open source. Distillery does *not* aim to be a direct port of that logic. See [iterationlabs/ruby-readability](https://github.com/iterationlabs/ruby-readability) for something closer to that.
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+ The logic for Distillery was heavily influenced by [Readability](https://www.readability.com/), who was nice enough to make [their logic](http://code.google.com/p/arc90labs-readability/source/browse/trunk/js/readability.js) open source. Readability and Distillery share nearly the same logic for locating the content HTML element on the page, however Distillery does *not* aim to be a direct port of that logic (see [iterationlabs/ruby-readability](https://github.com/iterationlabs/ruby-readability) for that).
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- Readability and Distillery share nearly the same logic for locating the content HTML element on the page. Readability, however, also aggressively cleans and transforms the content element HTML to be used for display in a reading environment. Distillery aims to clean slightly less aggressively, and allow the user of the gem to choose how (and if) they would like to clean content element HTML.
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+ Readability and Distillery differ in how they clean and return the found page content. Readability is focused on stripping the page content down to just paragraphs of text for distraction-free reading, and thus aggressively cleans and transforms the content element HTML. Mostly, this is the conversion of some `<div>` elements and newlines to `<p>` elements. Distillery does no transformation of the content element, and instead returns the content as originally seen in the HTML document.
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  ## Installation
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  doc.distill!
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  > "distilled content"
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+ ### Cleaning of the content
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- Both the `Distill::Document#distill!` and `Distillery.distill` methods by default will clean the HTML of the content to remove elements from it which are unlikely to be the actual content. Usually, this is things like social media share buttons, widgets, advertisements, etc. If you would like to not clean the content, simply pass `:dirty => true` to either method:
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+ Both the `Distill::Document#distill!` and `Distillery.distill` methods by default will clean the HTML of the content to remove elements from it which are unlikely to be the actual content. Usually, this is things like social media share buttons, widgets, advertisements, etc. If you would like to not clean the content, simply pass `:clean => false` to either method:
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- doc.distill!(:dirty => true)
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+ doc.distill!(:clean => false)
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  > "raw distilled content"
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  ## From the command line
data/Rakefile CHANGED
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  task :score, :filename do |t, args|
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  doc = doc_for_fixture(args[:filename])
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- doc.prep_for_distillation
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+ doc.score!
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  doc.scores.each do |xpath, score|
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  doc.at(xpath)['data-score'] = score.to_s
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  end
data/lib/distillery/document.rb CHANGED
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  end
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  end
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- # Corrects improper use of HTML tags by coerceing elements that are likely paragraphs
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- # to <p> tags
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- def coerce_elements_to_paragraphs!
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- search('div').each do |div|
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- div.name = "p" if has_no_block_children?(div) || has_only_empty_div_children?(div)
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+ # Marks elements that are suitable for scoring with a special HTML attribute
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+ def mark_scorable_elements!
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+ search('div', 'p').each do |element|
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+ if element.name == 'p' || scorable_div?(element)
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+ element['data-distillery'] = 'scorable'
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+ end
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  end
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  end
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  # Scores the document elements based on an algorithm to find elements which hold page
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  # content.
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  def score!
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- search('p').each do |paragraph|
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+ mark_scorable_elements!
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+ scorable_elements.each do |element|
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  points = 1
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- points += paragraph.text.split(',').length
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- points += [paragraph.text.length / 100, 3].min
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+ points += element.text.split(',').length
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+ points += [element.text.length / 100, 3].min
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- scores[paragraph.path] = points
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- parent = paragraph.parent
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+ scores[element.path] = points
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+ parent = element.parent
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  scores[parent.path] += points
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  scores[parent.parent.path] += points.to_f/2
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  end
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  def distill!(options = {})
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  prep_for_distillation!
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  score!
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- clean_top_scoring_element! unless options.delete(:clean) == false
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+ clean_top_scoring_elements! unless options.delete(:clean) == false
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- top_scoring_element.inner_html
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+ top_scoring_elements.map(&:inner_html).join("\n")
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  end
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+ def clean_top_scoring_elements!
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+ end
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+ winner = scores.sort_by { |xpath, score| [-score, xpath] }.first
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+ end
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+ end
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+ should =~ /Just drop one of your bourbon balls into a cup of coffee/
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+ should =~ /You can also use the ganache as a cake frosting/
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+ <p>The Kentucky Derby will be run Saturday, and many spectators will be sipping on Mint Juleps — and munching on bourbon balls, the sweet treats that have a little kick.</p> <p>There are several styles of bourbon balls, says Louisville chocolatier Erika Chavez-Graziano. She describes her version as "a dark chocolate confection; it's a butter-cream center, very creamy, very sweet — and it packs a punch. It's pretty boozy, as bourbon balls go."</p> <p>And the spiked sweets are good business for Chavez-Graziano's company, Cellar Door Chocolates.</p> <p>"They're a huge part of my business, especially this time of year," she tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer. "Right now, we will sell about 800 pounds of bourbon balls, which is pretty big. It puts us at about 30,000 individual pieces."</p> <p>Since the balls aren't baked, the alcohol from the bourbon isn't cooked off, as it is in many other candies and desserts.</p> <p>"After eating one, you can smell the bourbon on you for a little while," says Chavez-Graziano.</p> <p>But that doesn't necessarily mean you should use a high-end bourbon in them.</p> <p>"I think that those single-batch bourbons are best consumed neat" instead of in a candy, she says. "You would lose the finer nuances of all those wonderful bourbons — you would lose them in the chocolate, and the sugar, and the butter."</p> <p>Chavez-Graziano uses 80-proof Evan Williams, which she describes as "not a sweet bourbon; it's robust. It's a little peaty, it's perfect when you complement it with sugar and chocolate."</p> <p>Asked what kind of drink or food to pair with a bourbon ball, she says that one thing comes to mind: the espresso machine at her shop in downtown Louisville.</p> <p>"Just drop one of your bourbon balls into a cup of coffee," Chavez-Graziano says, "and it's a lovely combination."</p>
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+ <p><strong>Ingredients</strong></p> <p><strong></strong>1 pound dark chocolate (55-71%), chopped</p> <p>1/2 cup heavy whipping cream</p> <p>1/2 cup Evan Williams bourbon</p> <p>pinch of sea salt</p> <p>1 cup finely chopped pecans</p> <p><strong>Instructions</strong></p> <p>Bring heavy whipping cream to a boil. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; stir until smooth. Add bourbon; stir until well-incorporated. Add salt. Let the chocolate mixture (ganache) rest at room temperature until firm (about 4 hours).</p> <p>Using two spoons, portion out half ounce balls of ganache. Hand roll balls until smooth and then roll it in the pecans.</p> <p><em>Makes about 40 truffles.</em></p> <p>You can also use the ganache as a cake frosting — just pour over cake or cupcakes while the ganache is still warm. It also makes a wonderful coffee addition. Before you roll the ganache in the pecans, put a couple of the balls in your cup of coffee — stir and enjoy!</p> <p><em>Erika Chavez-Graziano is the proprietor of Cellar Door Chocolates in Louisville, Ky.</em></p>
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+ <script type="text/javascript" src="/include/javascript/test/test1.js"></script>
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+ </div>
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+
945
+ <!-- END ID="SECTIONWRAP" CLASS="ARTSPAGE" -->
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+ <script type="text/javascript">
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+ var pageTrackingCPTV = function() {
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+ try {
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+ AddNamespace("NPR.metrics");
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+ NPR.metrics.vstag = {"title":"136021711-Bourbon+Balls+Give+A+Sweet+Kick+To+Kentucky+Derby","omnitureContentType":"1","storyId":"136021711","hierarchy":"Arts+%26+Life,Food,Recipes","channel":"1139","date":"20110506","pageTypeId":"1","orgId":"1","segNum":"15","programId":"3","storyLength":1748,"byline":"NPR+Staff","primaryTopic":"1139","assignedTopics":"1139,1091,1053,1002"};
951
+ NPR.metrics.pageImpression();
952
+ } catch (e) {
953
+ NPR.messaging.exception(e, 'commonPageTrackView', 'document.ready', NPR.messaging.constants.METRICS_ERROR);
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+ }
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+ };
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+ if($('docreadybind').length) {
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+ $('docreadybind').bind('click', pageTrackingCPTV);
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+ } else {
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+ $(document).ready(pageTrackingCPTV);
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+ }
961
+ </script>
962
+ <noscript>
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+ <img alt="" src="/images/zag.gif?Log=1&amp;v_jd=1&amp;dt=136021711-Bourbon+Balls+Give+A+Sweet+Kick+To+Kentucky+Derby&amp;omnitureContentType=1&amp;storyId=136021711&amp;hierarchy=Arts+%26+Life,Food,Recipes&amp;channel=1139&amp;date=20110506&amp;pageTypeId=1&amp;orgId=1&amp;segNum=15&amp;programId=3&amp;storyLength=1748&amp;byline=NPR+Staff&amp;primaryTopic=1139&amp;assignedTopics=1139,1091,1053,1002" border="0" width="1" height="1"/>
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+ </noscript> <script type="text/javascript">
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+ var _gaq = _gaq || [];
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+ _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-5828686-4']);
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+ _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1,'Breadcrumb','Arts & Life > Food > Recipes',3]);
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+ _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',2,'story ID','136021711',3]);
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+ _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',5,'programID','3',1]);
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+
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+ _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
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+
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+ (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
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+
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+ </script> </body></html>
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+
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+ <!-- Burned on demand at 2011-05-08 22:35:48-->