Google Fight

gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'open-uri'

def google_fight(queries)
  queries.max { |a,b| JSON.load(open("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=#{a}"))["responseData"]["cursor"]["estimatedResultCount"].to_i <=> JSON.load(open("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=#{b}"))["responseData"]["cursor"]["estimatedResultCount"].to_i }
end

if __FILE__ == $0
  winner = google_fight(["em%20bahia", "na%20bahia"])
  #=> "em%20bahia" (SURPRISE! It *should* be "na%20bahia")
  puts winner
end