Where Art Thou for Hack4Reno

where-art-thou.rb

# gems and thangs
require 'rest_client'
require 'json'

# go easy on the fingers
data_url = "http://hack4reno.socrata.com/api/views/gbbk-wygz/rows.json"
rc = RestClient

# we'll take anything right now
result = ask  "", :choices => "[ANY]"

begin
  resp = rc.get data_url, {:accept => :json}
  json = JSON.parse(resp)
  # data
  d = json['data']
  # find it
  art = d.find{|r| r[0].to_s == result.value}
  log "FOUND >> #{art.inspect}"
  # array columns
  # 8 : first_name
  # 9: last_name
  # 10: year
  # 12 : art_piece
  # 16 : amount

  # parse it out
  full_name = "#{art[8]} #{art[9]}".strip
  piece_name = art[12].strip if art[12]

  artist_part = " by #{full_name}" unless full_name == ""
  year_part = " created in #{art[10]}" if art[10]
  piece_part = " is named '#{piece_name}'" unless piece_name == ""
  amount_part = " for $#{art[16]}" if art[16]

  say "I found it! Art piece ##{result.value}#{piece_part}#{artist_part}#{year_part}#{amount_part}."
rescue Exception => e
  log "EXCEPTION >> #{e.inspect}"
  say "I had a problem finding that piece of art, would you mind trying again?"
end

# EOL