CA-10 vote tally watcher (Nov 2018, Josh Harder vs Jeff Denham)

ca10-results.rb

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

# Periodically check the vote tallies in CA-10
# (Nov 2018 midterms, Jash Harder vs Jeff Denham)
class CA10Checker
  URL = 'https://api.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/10'

  class Result < Struct.new(:name, :votes, :percent)
    def to_s
      "#{name}: #{votes} (#{percent}%)"
    end
  end

  def check
    uri = URI(URL)
    res = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
    body = JSON.parse(res)

    puts "Currently #{Time.now}"
    puts "Reporting as of #{body['ReportingTime']}"

    results = body['candidates'].map do |c|
      Result.new(
        c['Name'],
        c['Votes'].sub(/[^\d]/, '').to_i,
        c['Percent'].to_f
      )
    end.sort_by(&:votes).reverse # winner first

    results.each {|r| puts "- #{r.to_s}"}

    total_votes = results.sum(&:votes)
    puts "Total votes: #{total_votes}" 

    if @last_total_votes && @last_total_votes != total_votes
      puts "🗳 #{total_votes - @last_total_votes} more votes counted!"
    end
    @last_total_votes = total_votes

    winner = results.first.name

    emoji = if winner.match?(/Harder/i); "👍 🎉"; else; "👎 😢"; end

    puts "Leading: #{winner} (by #{results[0].votes - results[1].votes} votes) #{emoji}"
  end
end

if $0 == __FILE__
  ch = CA10Checker.new
  while true do
    ch.check
    puts ""
    sleep (60*5)
  end
end