lib/googleajax/request.rb in googleajax-1.0.0 vs lib/googleajax/request.rb in googleajax-1.0.1

@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
 module GoogleAjax
   module Request
-    API_BASE = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/'
-
+    HOST = 'ajax.googleapis.com'
+    PATH_PREFIX = "/ajax/services/"
     attr_accessor :api_key
     attr_accessor :referer
     alias_method :referrer, :referer  # See mispelling section in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referrer
     alias_method :referrer=, :referer=
 
     # Api doc is at http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_intro_fonje
+    # We use one special option (not forwarded to google):  :html_method => :post will use a Post instead of a Get.
     def get(api, method, query, args = nil)
       raise "You must assign a value to GoogleAjax.referer" unless referer
-      url  = "#{API_BASE}#{api}/"
-      url += "#{method}?"
-      url += "&q=#{CGI::escape(query)}"
-      url += "&key=#{api_key}" if api_key
-      url += "&" + args.collect {|key, value| "#{key}=#{value}"}.join('&') unless args.nil? || args.empty?
-      open(url, "Referer" => referer).read
+      args ||= {}
+      use_post = args.delete(:http_method) == :post
+      args = args.merge!('q' => query)
+      args['key'] = api_key if api_key
+      if use_post
+        request = Net::HTTP::Post.new("#{PATH_PREFIX}#{api}/#{method}", "Referer" => referer)
+        request.set_form_data(args)
+      else
+        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new("#{PATH_PREFIX}#{api}/#{method}?" + args.map{|k,v| "#{k}=#{CGI::escape(v.to_s)}" }.join("&"), "Referer" => referer)
+      end
+      Net::HTTP.new(HOST).start do |http|
+        http.request(request).body
+      end
     end
   end
-end
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+end