On Jan 27, 7:46 pm, Alpha Blue <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:') + ' ' what does this line do? I know gsub will replace the +author text with something that comes out from /\+/ (althought i don't know what this regwxp could generate)
> query = "http://www.google.com/groups?q=author:"; + q_author what's with google groups? i only wanted to search websites. and while testing it in irb, shouldn't it be query = "http://www.google.com/groups?q="; + 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. much appreciate it!! radu > -- > Posted viahttp://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.
