springer 0.0.1

data/lib/result.rb

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+class Result
+  attr_accessor :title, :abstract, :url, :date
+
+  def initialize(options)
+    options.each do |key, value|
+      self.send("#{key}=", value)
+    end
+  end
+end
+

data/lib/springer.rb

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+require 'cgi'
+require 'json'
+require 'net/http'
+require 'result'
+require 'uri'
+
+class Springer
+  # API to Springer search API
+  # 
+  # Example:
+  #   >> Springer.new('[METADATA KEY]', '[IMAGES_KEY]', '[OPENACCESS_KEY]', '[Referer]').search('nano fibers')
+  #   => [ #<Result:...>, ... ]
+  #
+  # Arguments:
+  #   metadata_key: (String)
+  #   images_key: (String)
+  #   openaccess_key: (String)
+  #   referer: (String)
+  #   num_results: (Integer+)
+
+  API_PATH = "http://api.springer.com/metadata/json"
+  API_URI = URI.parse(API_PATH)
+
+  attr_accessor :metadata_key, :images_key, :openaccess_key, :referer
+
+  def initialize(metadata_key, images_key='', openaccess_key='', referer='', num_results=50)
+    @metadata_key = metadata_key
+    @images_key = images_key
+    @openaccess_key = openaccess_key
+    @referer = referer
+    @num_results = num_results
+  end
+  
+  def search(query)
+    api = API_URI
+    api_call = Net::HTTP.new(api.host)
+    params = "?p=#{@num_results}&q=#{CGI.escape(query)}&api_key=#{@metadata_key}"
+    response = api_call.get2(api.path + params, { 'Referer' => @referer })
+    return nil if response.class.superclass == Net::HTTPServerError
+    response = JSON.parse(response.body)
+    response['records'].map do |result|
+      Result.new({
+        :title => result['title'],
+        :abstract => create_abstract(result),
+        :url => result['url'],
+        :date => result['publicationDate']
+       })
+    end
+  end
+
+  # TODO search images and openaccess apis
+  
+  def create_abstract(result)
+    abstract = "#{result['publicationName']} &ndash; "
+    result['creators'].each_with_index do |creator, i|
+      abstract += " and" if i > 0
+      abstract += " #{creator['creator']}"
+    end
+    return abstract
+  end
+end
+

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: springer
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.1
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Peter Lubell-Doughtie
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2011-12-26 00:00:00.000000000Z
+dependencies: []
+description: API for Springer search
+email: peter@helioid.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/springer.rb
+- lib/result.rb
+homepage: http://rubygems.org/gems/springer
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.13
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: API for Springer search
+test_files: []