gistfile1.txt

namespace :get_menu do

  desc "Scraping restaurant/menu data from wwww.menupages.com"

  task :menu_pages => :environment do 
    require 'mechanize'
    agent = Mechanize.new
    agent.get("http://www.menupages.com/")

    # click on link dependent on type of cousine
    cousine_type_address = page.search("#list-by-cuisine a").first.attributes["href"].value
    cousine_type_link = page.link_with(:href => cousine_type_address)
    cousine_type_link.click

    # click on restaurant 
    restaurant_address = agent.current_page.search(".link").first.attributes["href"].value
    restaurant_link = agent.current_page.link_with(:href => restaurant_address)
    restaurant_link.click

    # main restaurant info
    category = agent.current_page.search(".category").text
    address = agent.current_page.search(".adr , .postal-code, .cross-street, .street-address, .locality").text
    phone_number = agent.current_page.search("#restaurant-info strong").text

    # profile & reviews - other restaurant info
    other_restaurant_info_categories = agent.current_page.search("#restaurant-other-info dl")

    other_restaurant_info_categories.each do |category| 
      puts puts category.css("dt").text.gsub(":",'')                                          # info category name
      puts category.css("dd").text.squish                                                     # info category values 
    end

    # go to restaurant menu tab 
    restaurant_menu_address = agent.current_page.search("#menu-tab a").first.attributes["href"].value
    restaurant_link = agent.current_page.link_with(:href => restaurant_menu_address)
    restaurant_link.click



  end

  desc "Scraping restaurant/menu data form foodspotting.com"

  task :foodspotting => :environment do 
    puts "hw2"
  end

  task :all => [:menu_pages, :foodspotting]
end