class Scraper def self.scrape_rt html = open ('http://www.eregulations.com/massachusetts/fishing/saltwater/commonly-caught-species/') doc = Nokogiri::HTML(html) #makes a string in an array list_objs = doc.css('.Basic-Graphics-Frame') #scrapes site further list_objs.each.with_index do |fish, i| fish_name = fish.css('h3').text #grabs just the fish name is_fish_name_empty = fish_name.to_s.empty? #within the code there is few without descriptions if !is_fish_name_empty fish_description = fish.css('p')[0].text Fish.new(fish_name, fish_description) end end end end