scraping_json.rb

require 'json'

FILE = './2008_graph_mining.json'
# result of http://www.dblp.org/search/api/?q=ce:year:2008*%20graph*%20mining*&h=1000&c=4&f=0&format=json

def scrape
  file = File.open( FILE )
  doc = JSON.parse( file.read )

  hits = doc["result"]["hits"]["hit"]
  hits.each do |hit|
    title = hit["title"]["dblp:title"]["text"]
    puts "* #{title}"

    authors = hit["title"]["dblp:authors"]["dblp:author"]
    author_base = "** "
    if authors.class == String
      author_base << authors
    elsif authors.class == Array
      authors.each do |author|
        author_base << author << ", "
      end
    end
    puts author_base
    puts "** #{hit["title"]["dblp:venue"]["text"]}"
    puts ''
  end
  file.close
end

scrape