On The Snow API Wrapper

This is an OnTheSnow Web Services REST API Ruby wrapper that aims to support all the API methods.

• Tested against Ruby 1.9.2, 1.9.3, Rubinius (1.9) & JRuby (1.9).
• Not compatible with Ruby 1.8!

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'on_the_snow'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Usage

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new(domain: 'google.com',
                                    token: 'abcd1234',
                                    subscription: 'lite',
                                    lang: 'en',
                                    metric: 'met')

on_the_snow.resort(5).attribution
=> { credit_line: 'Snow Reports provided by OnTheSnow.com', ... }

# you can also use the shortcut method:
on_the_snow = OnTheSnow.new(...)

OnTheSnow::Client#initialize options

:domain        # Your subscription domain, mandatory.
:token         # Your subscritpion token, mandatory. You can find your token by visiting http://services.onthesnow.com/axis2/services/SnowReport2009/tokens/YOUREMAIL/YOURPASSWORD
:subscription  # Represents your level of subscription. It can be set to 'lite', 'mobile', 'plus' (aka Mobile plus) and 'web', defaults to 'web'.
:lang          # Language for the results.
:metric        # Metric system for the results. It can be set to 'imp' (imperial) and 'met' (metric).
               # Note: You must include both language and metric in your query string to override the default language.

Public API

OnTheSnow

Method:

• .new(options = {}) : this is an alias for OnTheSnow::Client.new

OnTheSnow::Client

Methods:

• .new(options = {})
• #resort(resort_id) : returns a new OnTheSnow::Client::Resort

OnTheSnow::Client::Attribution

Provides the #attribution method to any instance of OnTheSnow::Client.

Example:

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new
on_the_snow.attribution
=> { credit_line: 'Snow Reports provided by OnTheSnow.com' }

OnTheSnow::Client::Region

Provides the #region method to any instance of OnTheSnow::Client.

Method:

• #states

Example:

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new
on_the_snow.region(5).states
=> [{ id: 5, name: 'Europe', ... }]

OnTheSnow::Client::Regions

Provides the #regions method to any instance of OnTheSnow::Client.

Example:

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new
on_the_snow.regions
=> [{ id: 5, name: 'Europe', states: [{ id: 73, abbrev: 'UK' }, ...] }]

OnTheSnow::Client::Resort

Provides the #resort method to any instance of OnTheSnow::Client.

Methods:

• #attribution
• #cams
• #deals
• #info
• #news
• #photos
• #snow_report

Example:

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new
on_the_snow.resort(5).attribution
=> { credit_line: 'Snow Reports provided by OnTheSnow.com', ... }

OnTheSnow::Client::Resorts

Provides the following methods to any instance of OnTheSnow::Client:

• #search_resorts_by_geocode
• #search_resorts_by_name

Example:

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new
on_the_snow.search_resorts_by_geocode(lat: 38, lon: -121, distance: 200)
=> [{ id: 42, distance: 94, ... }]

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new
on_the_snow.search_resorts_by_name(search: 'mammoth')
=> [{ id: 42, ... }]

OnTheSnow::Client::State

Provides the #state method to any instance of OnTheSnow::Client.

Methods:

• #cams
• #deals
• #news
• #photos
• #resorts_last_update
• #snow_report

Example:

on_the_snow = OnTheSnow::Client.new
on_the_snow.state('CN').news
=> [{ id: 42, description: 'News content.', ... }]

Please consult the RubyDoc for more details.

File an issue

Before you file an issue, make sure you have read the Contributing guide that contains some important information.

You can report bugs and feature requests to GitHub Issues.

Development

• Documentation hosted at RubyDoc.
• Source hosted at GitHub.

Pull requests are very welcome! Please try to follow these simple rules if applicable:

• Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make.
• Make sure your patches are well tested. All specs must pass on Travis CI.
• Update the Yard documentation.
• Update the README.
• Update the CHANGELOG for noteworthy changes (don't forget to run bundle exec pimpmychangelog and watch the magic happen)!
• Please do not change the version number.

Author

Rémy Coutable (@rymai, rymai.me)

Contributors

https://github.com/rymai/on_the_snow/contributors