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civic_api.rb
def self.locate(address)
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/civicinfo/v2/representatives?address=#{address}&includeOffices=true&levels=country&roles=legislatorUpperBody&roles=legislatorLowerBody&key=APIKEY"
result = JSON.parse(open(url).read)
state = result['normalizedInput']['state']
house = result['offices'].detect{|o| o['roles'].include?('legislatorLowerBody')}
house_district = house['divisionId'].split(":").last if house
end
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