base.rb in taylorbarstow-nytimes-articles-0.3.0

- old
+ new

@@ -10,20 +10,27 @@
 			API_NAME = 'article'
 			API_BASE = "/svc/search/#{API_VERSION}/#{API_NAME}"
 
 			@@api_key = nil
 			@@debug = false
+			@@decode_html_entities = true
 
 			##
 			# Set the API key used for operations. This needs to be called before any requests against the API. To obtain an API key, go to http://developer.nytimes.com/
 			def self.api_key=(key)
 				@@api_key = key
 			end
 			
 			def self.debug=(flag)
 				@@debug = flag
 			end
+			
+			##
+			# Set whether or not to decode HTML entities when returning text fields.
+			def self.decode_html_entities=(flag)
+			  @@decode_html_entities = flag
+		  end
 
 			##
 			# Returns the current value of the API Key
 			def self.api_key
 				@@api_key
@@ -32,16 +39,15 @@
 			##
 			# Builds a request URI to call the API server
 			def self.build_request_url(params)
 				URI::HTTP.build :host => API_SERVER,
 				:path => API_BASE,
-				:query => params.map {|k,v| "#{URI.escape(k)}=#{URI.escape(v)}"}.join('&')
+				:query => params.map {|k,v| "#{URI.escape(k)}=#{URI.escape(v.to_s)}"}.join('&')
 			end
 			
 			def self.text_field(value)
 				return nil if value.nil?
-				coder = HTMLEntities.new
-				coder.decode(value)
+				@@decode_html_entities ? HTMLEntities.new.decode(value) : value
 			end
 			
 			def self.integer_field(value)
 				return nil if value.nil?
 				value.to_i
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