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quick and dirty ysql query function, returns json
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yql.rb
def yql_query_json(query)
api_query = CGI.escape(query)
url = "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=#{api_query}&format=json&env=http%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltables.env"
json_results = open(url) {|f| f.read}
results = JSON.parse(json_results)
end
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