I was just providing an example of how queries are formed. Here's a quick and dirty test for you for the author find:
def find_author(author) require 'cgi' cgi_author = CGI.escape(author) q_author = cgi_author.gsub(/\+/, '+author:') + ' ' query = "http://www.google.com/groups?q=author:"; + q_author link_to(author, query) end then call that using <%= find_author("Author Name") %> in your views. Note that if you searched for author in the api you'll see that it only uses author in google groups and the format is generally author:first+author:middle+author:last etc... in the query output. In your example, since all you need is an author, you just need to make sure that the string for author is escaped correctly, not the entire URL. But, this should get you started. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
