soda-ruby 0.2.10 → 0.2.11

data/README.mkd

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-The humble beginnings of a [SODA 2.0](http://dev.socrata.com) wrapper for Ruby.
+For more details and for documentation, check out <http://socrata.github.io/soda-ruby> or our [developer portal](http://dev.socrata.com).
 
-Installation
-------------
+## Installation
 
 SODA is distributed as a gem, which is how it should be used in your app.
 
@@ -11,8 +10,18 @@ Include the gem and hashie in your Gemfile:
 gem 'soda-ruby', :require => 'soda'
 ```
 
-Quick Start
------------
+## Quick Start
+
+Create a new client. Register for an application token at <http://dev.socrata.com/register>.
+
 ```ruby
-@client = SODA::Client.new({:domain => "sandbox.demo.socrata.com", :app_token => "K6rLY8NBK0Hgm8QQybFmwIUQw" })
+client = SODA::Client.new({:domain => "explore.data.gov", :app_token => "CGxadgoQlgQSev4zyUh5aR5J3"})
+```
+
+Issue a simple query. `644b-gaut` is the identifier for the dataset we want to access:
+
+```ruby
+response = client.get("644b-gaut", {"$limit" => 1, :namelast => "WINFREY", :namefirst => "OPRAH"})
+
+ => [#<Hashie::Mash appt_end_date="12/3/09 23:59" appt_made_date="12/2/09 18:05" appt_start_date="12/3/09 9:30" caller_name_first="SALLY" caller_name_last="ARMBRUSTER" last_updatedby="J7" lastentrydate="12/2/09 18:05" meeting_loc="WH" meeting_room="DIP ROOM" namefirst="OPRAH" namelast="WINFREY" post="WIN" release_date=1269586800 terminal_suffix="J7" total_people="10" type_of_access="VA" uin="U60816" visitee_namefirst="SEMONTI" visitee_namelast="STEPHENS">]
 ```

data/lib/soda/client.rb

@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ module SODA
         if response.code != "200"
           raise "Error in request: #{response.body}"
         else
-          if response["Content-Type"].include?("application/json")
+          if response.body.nil? || response.body.empty?
+            return nil
+          elsif response["Content-Type"].include?("application/json")
             # Return a bunch of mashes if we're JSON
             response = JSON::parse(response.body, :max_nesting => false)
             if response.is_a? Array

data/lib/soda/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module SODA
-  VERSION = "0.2.10"
+  VERSION = "0.2.11"
 end

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: soda-ruby
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.2.10
+  version: 0.2.11
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2014-03-17 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2014-03-18 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: hashie