parse methods to extract data from tweet text

models.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection dbconfig['production']
 
 class Tweet < ActiveRecord::Base
+
   serialize :source_tweet
 
   def self.fetch
@@ -28,10 +29,28 @@ def self.fetch
 
   end
 
-  def hashtags
+  def parse_hashtags
     text.split(" ").reject do |item|
       item[0].chr != '#'
     end
   end
 
+  def parse_minutes
+    match_data = /.*(\d+) minute?/.match(self.text)
+    if match_data
+      match_data[1].to_i + self.parse_hours * 60
+    else
+      self.parse_hours * 60
+    end
+  end
+
+  def parse_hours
+    match_data = /.*(\d+) hour?/.match(self.text)
+    if match_data
+      match_data[1].to_i
+    else
+      0
+    end
+  end
+
 end