TimesTopics

A simple wrapper for the TimesTags API and Times Topics

Interact with the TimesTags API with this rubygem. Find people, organizations, locations, and subjects matching queries. Find Times Topics pages for query matches along with related topics, when applicable.

Installation

First, ensure you have an API key. You may request one on the NYT developer site.

Once you have an API key, save it in a config file like config/times_topics.yml:

api_key: 123456abcde

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'times_topics'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install times_topics

Usage

You can then interact with Times Topics:

    require 'times_topics'

    tt = TimesTopics.new("Al Qaeda", "organization")
    # => #<TimesTopics:0x10220b798 @url="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/al_qaeda/index.html", @related_results=["Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia (Org)", "Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Org)"], @query="Al Qaeda", @type="organization", @result={"results"=>["Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia (Org)", "Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Org)"], "filter"=>"(Org)", "num_results"=>3, "query"=>"Al Qaeda"}>

    tt.url
    # => "http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/al_qaeda/index.html"

    tt.page_exists?
    # => true

    tt.related_results
    # => ["Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia (Org)", "Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Org)"]

    tt.related_result_urls
    # => ["http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/al_qaeda_in_mesopotamia/index.html", "http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/al_qaeda_in_the_islamic_maghreb/index.html"]

    tt = TimesTopics.new("Osama bin Laden")  ## defaults type to 'person'
    # => #<TimesTopics:0x10154ff18 @url="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/osama_bin_laden/index.html", @query="Osama bin Laden", @type="person", @result={"results"=>[], "filter"=>"(Per)", "num_results"=>1, "query"=>"Osama bin Laden"}>

    tt.url
    # => "http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/osama_bin_laden/index.html"

    tt.page_exists?
    # => true

    tt.related_results
    # => nil

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Jacqui Maher, The New York Times Company. See LICENSE for details.