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stocknames-random-api.rb
# via http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/168368158/lets-get-ready-to-rummmmmmmble
require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'open-uri'
def get_stock_name
doc = Hpricot(open('http://stocknames.info'))
names = doc / '.list ul li'
names[rand(names.size)].innerText
end
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