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rubyruby-on-rails-3google-maps-api-3
Thanks for all the fish
Thanks for all the fish

Reputation: 1701

Ruby and Google Maps API

I'm requesting directions with the following url:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=43.656877,-79.32085&destination=Montreal&sensor=false

Then, Google sends back a huge JSON and I want to access the steps in a nicer way than this:

response = open("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=#{lat1},#{lng1}&destination=#{lat2},#{lng2}&sensor=false").read
response = JSON.parse(response)

response["routes"][0]["legs"][0]["steps"][0]["end_location"]

Is there a more beautiful way to access the end_location without having to use all these array notation? I thought of using OpenStruct, but it would not be ideal either.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1206

Answers (1)

sawa
sawa

Reputation: 168071

You can replace [0] with first, which is more characters but simpler concept and slightly faster.

response["routes"].first["legs"].first["steps"].first["end_location"]

Or, you can also do this:

["routes", 0, "legs", 0, "steps", 0, "end_location"].inject(response, &:fetch)

Upvotes: 3

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