PointmdComments

pointmd_comments is a Ruby gem designed for parsing and aggregating comments from point.md website into a CSV file.

Installation

Prerequisites

1. Install Ruby

• It is better to use rbenv or rvm for easier versioning.
• It is recommended to use Ruby 2.7.1 or above.

2. Install chromedriver

macOS:

brew cask install chromedriver

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update && apt-get install chromium-chromedriver

3. Install the gem

gem install pointmd_comments

Usage

Run from shell

To aggregate comments and save them into a CSV within current directory:

pointmd_comments

Or, if you want to save the output CSV to a specific path:

pointmd_comments -o ~/my_output.csv

If you want pointmd_comments to be more verbose, use the -v flag:

pointmd_comments -v

For general help:

pointmd_comments --help

Run from Ruby code

require 'pointmd_comments'

PointmdComments.collect

# Or, if you want to specify an output path:
PointmdComments.collect(output: '~/my_output.csv')

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ston1x/pointmd_comments. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the PointmdComments project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.