setup abstract search

app/controllers/courses_controller.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-class CoursesController < ApplicationController
+class CoursesController < TissCrawlerController
+
   def index
   end
 
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ class CoursesController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
   end
+
 end

app/controllers/people_controller.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-class PeopleController < ApplicationController
+class PeopleController < TissCrawlerController
+
   def index
   end
 
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
   end
+
 end

app/controllers/projects_controller.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
+class ProjectsController < TissCrawlerController
+
   def index
   end
 
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
   end
+
 end

app/controllers/theses_controller.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-class ThesesController < ApplicationController
+class ThesesController < TissCrawlerController
+
   def index
   end
 
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ class ThesesController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
   end
+
 end

app/controllers/tiss_crawler_controller.rb

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+class TissCrawlerController < ApplicationController
+
+  require 'httparty'
+
+  $host = 'https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at'
+
+  def search
+    url = _build_search_url(params)
+    context = _get_context(params)
+
+    response = HTTParty.get(url)
+    case context
+    when 'People'
+      _search_people_result(response)
+    else
+      flash.now[:alert] = 'Unknown Tiss Crawler Context'
+    end
+  end
+
+  def _build_search_url(params)
+    if params[:api].blank?
+      flash.now[:alert] = 'No api configured!'
+      return
+    else
+      # get the api ... e.g. /'api/person/v22/psuche'
+      api = params[:api]
+    end
+
+    if params[:search_parameter].blank?
+      flash.now[:alert] = 'No search_parameter configured!'
+      return
+    else
+      # get the search param ... e.g. 'q'
+      search_parameter = params[:search_parameter]
+    end
+
+    if params[:search_term].blank?
+      flash.now[:alert] = 'No search_term configured!'
+      return
+    else
+      # get and parameterize search term q, replace whitespaces with +
+      search_term = params[:search_term].parameterize(separator: '+')
+    end
+
+    # concat and return the api call url ... e.g. https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/api/person/v22/psuche?q=max+mustermann
+    $host + api + '?' + search_parameter + '=' + search_term
+  end
+
+  def _get_context(params)
+    if params[:context].blank?
+      flash.now[:alert] = 'No context configured!'
+    else
+      # return the context
+      params[:context]
+    end
+  end
+
+  def _search_people_result(response)
+    # redirect_to(controller: 'people', :action => 'show', flash: {response: response})
+    @response = "Test"
+    puts('got here', response)
+  end
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+  def details
+
+  end
+
+end