gistfile1.rb

require "open-uri"
require "hpricot"
require "htmlentities"

require "json"
require "yaml"

Encoding.default_internal = Encoding.default_external = "UTF-8"
coder = HTMLEntities.new


a = %w(a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z).reduce([]) do |memo, letter|
  ary = Hpricot(open("http://www.drinksmixer.com/glossary/#{letter}/").read).search("div.pm:last > div").map do |ingr|
    ingr_name = coder.decode(ingr.search("b").inner_html)

    ingr_url = "http://www.drinksmixer.com#{ingr.search("a").last["href"]}"
    recp_count_text = Hpricot(open(ingr_url)).search("div.fr4").inner_html
    recp_count = if recp_count_text.empty?
      nil
    else
      recp_count_text.scan(/of\s*(\d+)\s*recipes/).last.first.to_i
    end

    puts "#{ingr_name} : #{recp_count}"

    {
      name: ingr_name,
      count: recp_count
    }
  end

  memo.concat ary
end

File.open("out.json", 'w') {|f| f.write(a.to_json) }