gistfile1.js

/**
 * Queries the FanFeedr Docs DOM at http://developer.fanfeedr.com/docs and builds a json hash 
 * that can be used for easily generating API clients in any language.
 */
jQuery.getScript('http://jquery-json.googlecode.com/files/jquery.json-2.2.min.js', function(){
        var response = {};
	var out = [];
	var $j = jQuery;
	
	var methods = $j('div.method');
	
	methods.each(function(){
	    var m = $j.trim($j(this).find('h3').text());
	    var d = $j.trim($j(this).find('.method_description').html());
	    var e = null;
	
	    var ex_hid = $j(this).find('input[type=hidden]');
	    if(ex_hid.length > 0){
	        e = ex_hid.val();
	    }
	    var t = $j(this).find('table.method_params');
	    var trs = t.find('tr:gt(0)');
	    var p = [];
	
	    trs.each(function(){
	        var el = $j(this);
	        var de = null;
	        var d_c = $j.trim(el.find('td:eq(2)').text());
                
	        if(d_c.length > 0){
	            de = d_c;
	        }
	        var t = $j.trim(el.find('td:eq(3)').text());
	        var ty = '';
	        var ty_primitive_def = null;
	        if(t=='string'){
	            ty = 'string';
	        } else if(t=='int'){
	            ty = 'i32';
	        } else if(t.toLowerCase()=='resource'){
	            ty = 'resource';
	            ty_primitive_def = 'string';
	        } else if(t=='decimal'){
	            ty = 'double';
	        } else{
	            ty = t;
	        }
	        p.push({
	            'name': el.find('td:eq(0)').text(), 
	            'required': ($j.trim(el.find('td:eq(1)').text())=='Y'),
	            'default': de,
	            'type': ty,
	            'type_primitive_def': ty_primitive_def
	        });
	    });
	
	
	    var o = {'method':m,'description':d, 'example_data': e, 'parameters': p}
	    out.push(o);
	});
	
	response.methods = out;
	
	$j('body').append('<div><textarea>'+jQuery.toJSON(response).replace(/\\/g,'').replace(']"', ']').replace('"[', '[')+'</textarea></div>');
});