module Museum class Loupe < ActiveRecord::Base extend ::FriendlyId friendly_id :title, use: :slugged validates_presence_of :title def self.id_by_slug(name) ( find_by_slug(name) || abort(name) ).id end def magnify(gem) parse_as(data_format, response(gem)) end def url(gem) uri_template % { :name => gem.name, :user => Museum.configuration.username } end def response(gem) url(gem).fetch end def parse_as(format, string) begin case format when 'json' JSON.parse string.to_s when 'yaml' YAML.parse string.to_s when 'xml' Hash.from_xml(string.to_s) end rescue {} end end end end