How can I get content from website using httparty? - ruby-on-rails

Question

I want to grab content from a website, that I input into a submit form, and store that info as a json I can save to my db. I am trying to use HTTParty, but I'm not quite sure how to implement it to grab the data. Here is what I have so far.
controller
class UrlsController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_url, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
#require "addressable/uri"
#Addressable::URI.parse(url)
# GET /urls
# GET /urls.json
def index
#urls = Url.all
end
# GET /urls/1
# GET /urls/1.json
def show
end
# GET /urls/new
def new
#url = Url.new
end
# GET /urls/1/edit
def edit
end
def uri?(string)
uri = URI.parse(string)
%w( http https ).include?(uri.scheme)
rescue URI::BadURIError
false
rescue URI::InvalidURIError
false
end
# POST /urls
# POST /urls.json
def create
#url = Url.new(url_params)
#app_url = params[:url]
respond_to do |format|
if #url.save
format.html { redirect_to #url, notice: 'Url was successfully created.' }
format.json { render action: 'show', status: :created, location: #url }
wordcount
else
format.html { render action: 'new' }
format.json { render json: #url.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
def wordcount
# Choose the URL to visit
#app_url = #url
#words = HTTParty.get(#app_url)
# Trick to pretty print headers
#wordcount = Hash[*#words]
end
# PATCH/PUT /urls/1
# PATCH/PUT /urls/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #url.update(url_params)
format.html { redirect_to #url, notice: 'Url was successfully updated.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
else
format.html { render action: 'edit' }
format.json { render json: #url.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /urls/1
# DELETE /urls/1.json
def destroy
#url.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to urls_url }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_url
#url = Url.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def url_params
params.require(:url).permit(:url)
end
end
That is my controller.rb. I am getting a 'bad argument (expected URI object or URI string)' from the line #words = HTTParty.get(#app_url) I need to change what url is put into the form to a valid URL, grab the content I want from that URL, and save that information.

Answer 1

Try something like this:
response = HTTParty.get('https://google.com')
puts response.body, response.code, response.message, response.headers.inspect
To answer your question you can implement the following method, make a new class or put it in a helper.
Might need to include HTTParty
def url_getter(url)
HTTParty.get(url)
end
and call it:
url_getter(#app_url)