Class W3CValidators::Validator
In: lib/w3c_validators/validator.rb
Parent: Object

Base class for MarkupValidator and FeedValidator.

Methods

new   send_request  

Constants

VERSION = '0.9.3'
USER_AGENT = "Ruby W3C Validators/#{Validator::VERSION} (http://code.dunae.ca/w3c_validators/)"
HEAD_STATUS_HEADER = 'X-W3C-Validator-Status'
HEAD_ERROR_COUNT_HEADER = 'X-W3C-Validator-Errors'
SOAP_OUTPUT_PARAM = 'soap12'

Attributes

results  [R] 
validator_uri  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(options = {})

Create a new instance of the Validator.

[Source]

    # File lib/w3c_validators/validator.rb, line 23
23:     def initialize(options = {})
24:       @options = options
25:     end

Protected Instance methods

send_request(options, request_mode = :get)

Perform a validation request.

request_mode must be either :get, :head or :post.

Returns Net::HTTPResponse.

[Source]

    # File lib/w3c_validators/validator.rb, line 33
33:     def send_request(options, request_mode = :get)
34:       response = nil
35:       results = nil
36: 
37:       Net::HTTP.start(@validator_uri.host, @validator_uri.port) do |http|
38:         case request_mode
39:           when :head
40:             # perform a HEAD request
41:             raise ArgumentError, "a URI must be provided for HEAD requests." unless options[:uri]
42:             query = create_query_string_data(options)
43:             response = http.request_head(@validator_uri.path + '?' + query)
44:           when :get 
45:             # send a GET request
46:             query = create_query_string_data(options)          
47:             response = http.get(@validator_uri.path + '?' + query)
48:           when :post
49:             # send a multipart form request
50:             query, boundary = create_multipart_data(options)
51:             response = http.post2(@validator_uri.path, query, "Content-type" => "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary)
52:           else
53:             raise ArgumentError, "request_mode must be either :get, :head or :post"
54:         end
55:       end
56: 
57:       response.value
58:       return response
59: 
60:       rescue Exception => e
61:         handle_exception e
62:     end

[Validate]