works like a charm.
class GetLatLong
require 'open-uri'
attr_reader :latitude
attr_reader :longitude
attr_reader :message
attr_reader :valid
attr_writer :address
attr_writer :state
attr_writer :city
attr_writer :zip
YAHOO_KEY = "redacted"
def initialize
@valid=true
end
def run
load_info
end
def load_info
#add plus signs to street and city
@address=@address.split(" ").collect {|add| "#{add}+"}
@city=@city.split(" ").collect {|ci| "#{ci}+"}
#wait a little because YAHOO hates too many subsequent calls TOO QUICKLY
sleep 1
xpath = "http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=#{YAHOO_KEY}&street=#{@address}&city=#{@city}&state=#{@state}&zip=#{@zip}"
uri = URI.parse(xpath)
begin
uri.open { |f|
puts "Fetched document: #{f.base_uri}"
# Save the response body
@response = f.read
}
search = XmlSimple.xml_in(@response)
@latitude = search["Result"][0]["Latitude"][0]
@longitude = search["Result"][0]["Longitude"][0]
puts "Your results:\n"
rescue => ex
puts "error\n#{ex.message} "
@valid=false
end
"lat:#{@latitude} long:#{@longitude}"
end
end
and is used like this:
ll = GetLatLong.new ll.address=address_value ll.city=city_value ll.state=state_value ll.zip=zip_value puts ll.run send_this[6]=ll.latitude send_this[7]=ll.longitude
Nice and easy.
