Active Record

api.rb

require "json"
require "rest-client"

def get_request_to(url)
  response = RestClient.get(url)
  JSON.parse(response)
end


def build_post(story_id)
  one_story_url = "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/#{story_id}.json"
  story = get_request_to(one_story_url)
  
  my_post = Post.new(title: story["title"], url: story["url"], votes: story["score"])
  my_post.save!
end


url = "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json"
top_stories = JSON.parse(RestClient.get(url))
ten_stories = top_stories.first(10)

ten_stories.each { |story_id| build_post(story_id) }