Finding the average number of students per section with the Clever API.

clever-api.rb

require 'net/https'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.clever.com/v1.1/sections?limit=379')

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request.add_field 'Authorization', 'Bearer DEMO_TOKEN'

response = http.request(request)

total_students = 0

parsed_section_data = JSON.parse(response.body)["data"]
parsed_section_data.each do |section|
  total_students += section["data"]["students"].length
end

puts "Average students per section: #{ total_students.fdiv(parsed_section_data.length) }"