/nickel

Nickel extracts date, time, and message information from naturally worded text.

Primary LanguageRubyMIT LicenseMIT

Nickel extracts date, time, and message information from naturally worded text.

Install

gem install nickel

Usage

A single occurrence

n = Nickel.parse("use the force on july 1st at 9am", Time.now)
n.message                       #=> "use the force"
n.occurrences.first.start_date  #=> "20110701"

A daily occurrence

n = Nickel.parse "wake up everyday at 11am"
n.message                       # => wake up
n.occurrences[0].type           # => daily
n.occurrences[0].start_time     # => 11:00:00

A weekly occurrence

n = Nickel.parse "guitar lessons every tuesday at 5pm"
n.message                       # => guitar lessons
n.occurrences[0].type           # => weekly
n.occurrences[0].day_of_week    # => tue
n.occurrences[0].interval       # => 1
n.occurrences[0].start_time     # => 17:00:00

A day monthly occurrence

n = Nickel.parse "drink specials on the second thursday of every month"
n.message                       # => drink specials
n.occurrences[0].type           # => daymonthly
n.occurrences[0].day_of_week    # => thu
n.occurrences[0].week_of_month  # => 2
n.occurrences[0].interval       # => 1

A date monthly occurrence

n = Nickel.parse "pay credit card every month on the 22nd"
n.message                       # => pay credit card
n.occurrences[0].type           # => datemonthly
n.occurrences[0].date_of_month  # => 22
n.occurrences[0].interval       # => 1

Multiple occurrences

n = Nickel.parse "band meeting every monday and wednesday at 2pm"
n.message                       # => band meeting
n.occurrences[0].type           # => weekly
n.occurrences[0].day_of_week    # => mon
n.occurrences[0].start_time     # => 14:00:00
n.occurrences[1].type           # => weekly
n.occurrences[1].day_of_week    # => wed
n.occurrences[1].start_time     # => 14:00:00

Setting current time

n = Nickel.parse "lunch 3 days from now", DateTime.new(2010,3,31)
n.message                       # => lunch
n.occurrences[0].start_date     # => 20100403

Running Tests

$ rake test

If you do not have RUBYOPT set: $ RUBYOPT=‘rubygems’ rake test

Copyright © 2008-2011 Lou Zell, released under the MIT license