GoogleCivicInfo

Ruby client for Google Civic Information API https://developers.google.com/civic-information/

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'google_civic_info'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install google_civic_info

Usage

>> your_google_api_key = 'swordfish'
>> client = GoogleCivicInfo::Client.new(:api_key => your_google_api_key)
>> result = client.lookup("2145 Whisper Way Reston, VA")

>> result.divisions.size
=> 5

>> result.divisions.first.ocd_division_id
=> "ocd-division/country:us/state:va/cd:11"

>> result.divisions.first.name
=> "Virginia's 11th congressional district"

>> result.divisions.first.offices.first.name
=> "Representative"

>> result.divisions.first.offices.first.level
=> "federal"

>> result.divisions.first.offices.first.officials.first.name
=> "Gerald E. Connolly"

>> result.divisions.first.offices.first.officials.first.urls
=> ["http://connolly.house.gov/"]

>> result.divisions.first.offices.first.officials.first.channels.first.url
=> "http://www.youtube.com/repconnolly"

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request