Linkedin Parsing Example

linkedin_parse.rb

require 'oauth'
require 'launchy'
require 'nokogiri'


class User
  def authenticate(consumer_key, consumer_secret, site)
    consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(consumer_key, consumer_secret, site)
    request_token = consumer.get_request_token
    puts "Authorize Follower and then paste in the PIN:"
    printf "> "
    Launchy.open(request_token.authorize_url)
    verification_code = gets.chomp
    request_token.get_access_token(:oauth_verifier => verification_code)
  end

  def follow_linkedin(access_token, email)
    path = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/mailbox'
    body = "{
              \"recipients\": {
                                \"values\": [
                                              {
                                                \"person\": {
                                                              \"_path\": \"/people/email=#{email}\",
                                                              \"first-name\":\"\",
                                                              \"last-name\":\"\"
                                                            }
                                              }
                                            ]
                              },
              \"subject\": \"Invitation to connect.\",
              \"body\": \"Say yes!\",
              \"item-content\":{
                                \"invitation-request\":{
                                                        \"connect-type\":\"friend\"
                                                       }
                               }
            }"
    access_token.post(path, body, "Content-Type" => "application/json")
  end

  def get_skills(access_token)
    skill_array = []
    path = 'http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(skills)'
    result = Nokogiri::XML(access_token.get(path).body)
    result.xpath("//skill//name").each { |node| skill_array << node.content }
    return skill_array
  end

  def get_jobs(access_token)
    job_array = []
    path = 'http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(positions)'
    return access_token.get(path).body
    #result = Nokogiri::XML(access_token.get(path).body)
    # result.xpath("//skill//name").each { |node| job_array << node.content }
    #     return job_array
  end

  def get_specialties(access_token)
    specialities_array = []
    path = 'http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(specialties)'
    result = Nokogiri::XML(access_token.get(path).body)
    result.xpath("//specialties").each { |node| specialities_array << node.content }
    return specialities_array.to_s
  end
  
  def search_jobs(access_token)
    jobs_array = []
    path = "http://api.linkedin.com/v1/job-search?job-title=Ruby+Developer&location=San+Francisco+Bay+Area"
    result = Nokogiri::XML(access_token.get(path).body)
    result.xpath("//facet//name").each { |node| jobs_array << node.content }
    return jobs_array.to_s
  end
end