From: Matthew Harris <shugotenshi@...>
Date: 2006-09-29T22:10:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Rubygems front end?

The Gem.source_index contains a source index object that contains lots
of information on available packages.

On 9/29/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote:
>         Does one exist? I wanted to have a look at how one would go about
> it. Or to be more specific, I need to make a web interface that I can
> use to search the available gems, and list their descriptions and
> versions. I can use the normal gem command line to actually install
> stuff. But I want to do quick local auto complete searches of
> available gems.
>
>         Basically all I need is the info that comes from a gem list --
> remote. But I want to pull this info every few hours and insert it
> into my database so I can use it in my web interface. What would be
> the most polite way of doing this as far as rubygems are concerned?
> Should I just parse the gem list --remote with regexes? Doesn't seem
> like the way to go really. And http://docs.rubygems.org/  is down
> right now so I can't read up on it.
>
>         Is there an easier way to do this built into rubygems already? I
> suppose my next step will be to just read the source and figure it
> out but if anyone has suggestions then please let me know,.
>
>
> Cheers-
> -Ezra
>
>
>


-- 
Matt