NPR Story Puller

main.rb

require 'rest-client'

response = JSON.parse(RestClient.get("http://api.npr.org/query?id=10001&fields=title,teaser,audio,artist&requiredAssets=audio&dateType=story&sort=dateDesc&output=JSON&numResults=20&apiKey=MDE4ODc1MDMwMDE0MjkxNDI3MDc0NTgzNg001"))

stories = {}
response["list"]["story"].each_with_index do |story, index|
  stories[index + 1] = {
    title: story['title']['$text'],
    audio_file: story['audio'].first['format']['mp3'].first['$text']
  }
end

puts "Welcome to the NPR Music Latest & Greatest\n\nThis program shows the last 20 stories on NPR Music with audio available for download, and lets you quickly download any of them.\n\nHere are the 20 most recent stories:"

stories.map do |index, story|
  puts "#{index}. #{story[:title]}"
end

quit = false
while !quit
  puts "\nEnter the number of the audio file you'd like to download, or enter 0 to leave the program."
  download = gets.chomp.to_i

  if download != 0 && stories.has_key?(download)
    system('open', stories[download][:audio_file])
  elsif download == 0
    quit = true
  else
    puts "\nSorry, that's not a valid selection."
  end
end

puts "Thanks for using NPR Music Latest & Greatest"