Generalize

generalize.rb

require 'csv'
require 'json'
require 'uri'
require 'ostruct'
require 'httparty'
require 'progressbar'
require 'people'

class OutputCSV
  attr_reader :filename
  def initialize(filename)
    @filename = filename
  end

  def store(rows)
    CSV.open(filename, 'wb') do |csv|
      rows.each { |row| csv << row }
    end
  end
end

class NameHandler
  def initialize(filename)
    @csv = CSV.read(filename, headers: true)
    @np = People::NameParser.new
  end

  def names_list
    @csv.map do |row|
      first_and_middle_initial = row['EMPLOYEE FIRST NAME AND MIDDLE INITIAL']
      last_name = row['EMPLOYEE LAST NAME']
      if first_and_middle_initial && last_name
        person = OpenStruct.new
        person.first_and_middle_initial = first_and_middle_initial
        person.last_name = last_name
        person.parsed_name = @np.parse(first_and_middle_initial + " " + last_name)
        person.checkeable_name = checkeable_name(person.parsed_name)
        person
      end
    end.compact
  end

  def checkeable_name(parsed_name)
    if parsed_name[:first].length > 1
      parsed_name[:first]
    else
      parsed_name[:middle]
    end
  end
end

def build_query(names)
  URI.escape(names[0..15].each_with_index.map {|name, i| "name[#{i}]=#{name}"}.join("&"))
end

thread_list = []
output_csv = OutputCSV.new('output.csv')
name_handler = NameHandler.new('guess-gender.csv')

puts "Starting talking with api"
name_handler.names_list.each_slice(10) do |group_names|
  thread_list << Thread.new do
    checkeable_names = group_names.map { |name| name.checkeable_name }
    query_uri = "http://api.genderize.io?#{build_query(checkeable_names)}"
    begin
      response = HTTParty.get(query_uri)
    rescue Timeout::Error
      puts "FAILED FOR: #{checkeable_names}"
    end
    puts query_uri
    if response.status == 200
      parsed_response = JSON.parse(response.body)
      output_csv.store(parsed_name.values)
    else
      puts "FAILED FOR: #{checkeable_names}"
    end
  end
end

thread_list.each { |x| x.join }

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