tpl_parse.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'

# Place this file in your rails app/lib folder

class TplParse
  attr_accessor :registrars

  def initialize
    self.registrars = []
  end

  def self.doooooooooooit
    parser = self.new
    parser.parseparse
    parser
  end

  # ELEMENT SCAN
  def index_of(string, elements)
    match_index = nil
    elements.each_with_index do |element, index|
      match_index ||= index if element.text.match(string)
    end
    match_index
  end

  def parseparse
    Dir[File.join("tplfiles", "*.tpl")].each do |file_name|
      doc = Nokogiri::HTML File.open(file_name)

      # NORMALIZE NAME
      name = doc.at_css(".area_head").text
      name = name.gsub("Obtaining a Birth Certificate","")
      name = name.gsub("Birth Registry", "")
      name = name.gsub("\n","")
      name = name.strip.gsub(/-$/,"")

      # NORMALIZE DETAILS
      ptags = doc.css(".main_text > p")
      start_tag = index_of("Registrars of Births", ptags)
      end_tag = index_of("Ordering a certificate is", ptags)

      raise "#{file_name} is malformed" if start_tag.nil? || end_tag.nil?

      details = ptags[start_tag+1..end_tag-1].map{|element| element.text}.join("\n\n")

      # STORE IT
      self.registrars.push Registrar.new(name, details)
    end
  end
end


class Registrar
  attr_accessor :name, :details

  def initialize(name, details)
    self.name = name
    self.details = details
  end
end

=begin
# place this in seed.rb
require 'tpl_parse'
parser = TplParse.doooooooooooit
parser.registrars.each do |registrar|
  Registry.find_or_create_by_name :name => registrar.name, :details => registrar.details
end
=end