bing.rb

  #!/bin/ruby
  #This program calls the Bing API and returns some search json_results.
  require "net/https" #These are just some dependencies
  require "uri"
  require "cgi"
  require "json"
  #API Info
  def search(term, safesearch, where)
    accessKey = ENV["BING_API_KEY"]
    uri = "https://api.bing.microsoft.com"
    path = "/v7.0/search"
    #term = "MineCraft"
    # options.push("SafeSearch=" + (form.safe.checked ? "strict" : "moderate"))
    option = "&SafeSearch="
    if (safesearch.to_i >= 1)
      option = option + "strict"
    else
      option = option + "moderate"
    end
    market = "&mkt=" + where
    count = "&count=10"
    offset = "&offset=0"
    uri = URI(uri + path + "?q=" + CGI.escape(term) + option + market + count + offset)
    puts "Searching the Web for: " + term
    puts uri
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
    request["Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key"] = accessKey

    response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == "https") do |http|
      http.request(request)
    end

    #puts "\nRelevant Headers:\n\n"
    # response.each_header do |key, value|
    #     if key.start_with?("bingapis-") or key.start_with?("x-msedge-") then
    #         puts key + ": " + value
    #     end
    # end

    #puts "\nJSON Response:\n\n"
    #puts JSON::pretty_generate(JSON(response.body))
    #STEP 3 detect failure or success.
    #if failure:
    #alert and exit
    # elsif success:
    results = []
    json_results = JSON.parse(response.body)
    if json_results && json_results["webPages"] && json_results["webPages"]["value"]
      data = json_results["webPages"]["value"]
      puts "number of results" + data.length.to_s
      i = 1
      # results = []
      count = 1000
      if (data.length < 1000)
        count = data.length
      end
      while (i < count)
        # for i in 1..10
        new_result = Result.new
        new_result.title = data[i - 1]["name"]
        new_result.snippet = data[i - 1]["snippet"]
        new_result.date = Time.now
        new_result.url = data[i - 1]["url"]
        new_result.engine = "bing"
        results.push new_result

        #   i = i + 1
        #   @json_results.push new_result
        # end
        # puts i.to_s + "\. " + data[i - 1]["name"]
        # puts
        # puts data[i - 1]["url"]
        # puts
        # puts data[i - 1]["snippet"]
        # puts
        i = i + 1
      end
    end
    return results
  end

  #     parse(json_results)
  #     show(json_results) to(user)
end