package Gas::Prices;
use warnings;
use strict;
use Carp;
use version; our $VERSION = qv('0.0.4');
# Other recommended modules (uncomment to use):
# use IO::Prompt;
# use Perl6::Export;
# use Perl6::Slurp;
# use Perl6::Say;
use HTTP::Lite;
# Module implementation here
sub new
{
my $class = shift;
my $self = {};
bless $self;
$self->{zip} = shift;
my $http = new HTTP::Lite;
my $req = $http->request(
"http://autos.msn.com/everyday/GasStations.aspx?m=1&l=1&zip=" .
$self->{zip});
my $body = $http->body();
$body =~ s/\n/ /g;
$body =~ s/\r/ /g;
$body =~ s/\cM/ /g;
$self->{units} = undef;
if($body =~ /<table id="tblDetail".*?<\/tr>(.*?)<\/table>/)
{
my $data = $1;
$data =~ s/^\s+//;
$data =~ s/\s+$//;
my @units = ();
while ($data =~ /<tr>(.*?)<\/tr>/g)
{
my $unit = $1;
if($unit =~
/<span class="text-subheadBold">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-captionPlain">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-captionPlain">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-subheadBold">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-captionPlain">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-subheadBold">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-captionPlain">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-subheadBold">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-captionPlain">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-subheadBold">(.*?)<\/span>.*?<span class="text-captionPlain">(.*?)<\/span>/)
{
my $station_info =
{
station_name => $1,
station_address => "$2, $3",
unleaded_price => $4,
unleaded_date => $5,
plus_price => $6,
plus_date => $7,
premium_price => $8,
premium_date => $9,
diesel_price => $10,
diesel_date => $11
};
$station_info->{unleaded_price} = $1
if ($station_info->{unleaded_price} =~
/\$(.*)/);
$station_info->{plus_price} = $1
if ($station_info->{plus_price} =~
/\$(.*)/);
$station_info->{premium_price} = $1
if ($station_info->{premium_price} =~
/\$(.*)/);
$station_info->{diesel_price} = $1
if ($station_info->{diesel_price} =~
/\$(.*)/);
push @units, $station_info;
}
}
$self->{units} = \@units;
#use Data::Dumper;
#print Dumper @units;
return $self;
}
return undef;
}
sub get_stations
{
my $self = shift;
return $self->{units};
}
sub get_cheapest_station
{
my $self = shift;
my $type = shift;
my @units = @{$self->{units}};
my $lowest_price = undef;
my $cheapest_station = undef;
foreach(@units)
{
$cheapest_station = $_ if(!$cheapest_station);
if($self->is_less( $_->{$type . "_price"},
$cheapest_station->{$type . "_price"}))
{
#print "Replacing " . $cheapest_station->{$type . "_price"} . " with " . $_->{$type . "_price"} . "\n";
$cheapest_station = $_;
}
#print $_->{$type . "_price"} . "\n";
$lowest_price = $cheapest_station->{$type . "_price"};
}
return $cheapest_station;
}
sub get_most_expensive_station
{
my $self = shift;
my $type = shift;
my @units = @{$self->{units}};
my $highest_price = undef;
my $most_expensive_station = undef;
foreach(@units)
{
$most_expensive_station = $_ if(!$most_expensive_station);
if($self->is_greater($_->{$type . "_price"},
$most_expensive_station->{$type . "_price"}))
{
$most_expensive_station = $_;
}
$highest_price = $most_expensive_station->{$type . "_price"};
}
return $most_expensive_station;
}
sub is_greater
{
my ($self, $first, $second) = @_;
$first = $1 if($first =~ /\$(.*)/);
$second = $1 if($second =~ /\$(.*)/);
#print "Comparing $first with $second\n";
return 0 if($first =~ /N\/A/);
return 0 if($first =~/nbsp/);
return 1 if($second =~ /N\/A/);
return 1 if($second =~/nbsp/);
return 1 if($first > $second);
return 0;
}
sub is_less
{
my ($self, $first, $second) = @_;
$first = $1 if($first =~ /\$(.*)/);
$second = $1 if($second =~ /\$(.*)/);
#print "Comparing $first with $second\n";
return 0 if($first =~ /N\/A/);
return 0 if($first =~/nbsp/);
return 1 if($second =~ /N\/A/);
return 1 if($second =~/nbsp/);
return 1 if($first < $second);
return 0;
}
1; # Magic true value required at end of module
__END__
=head1 NAME
Gas::Prices - Perl Module to get the gas prices around a particular zip code
=head1 VERSION
This document describes Gas::Prices version 0.0.1
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Gas::Prices;
my $gp = new Gas::Prices("75023"); #or any other
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Please use module WWW::Fuel::US::Prices instead. This module will no longer be supported.
The module gets gas prices for a given zip code. It gets its data by scraping msn autos webpage.
It retrieves a bunch of gas stations around the particular zip code, and for each gas station, it retrives the following data
=head2 EXAMPLE
The usage is as follows
use Gas::Prices;
my $gp = new Gas::Prices("75023"); #or any other zip code
my @gas_stations = @{$gp->get_stations};
foreach(@gas_stations)
{
print "Station name:" . $_->{station_name} . "\n" .
"Station address:" . $_->{station_address} . "\n" .
"Unleaded price:" . $_>{unleaded_price} . "\n" .
"Unleaded date:" . $_->{unleaded_date} . "\n" .
"Plus price:" . $_->{plus_price} . "\n" .
"Plus date:" . $_->{plus_date} . "\n" .
"Premium price:" . $_->{premium_price} . "\n" .
"Premium_date:" . $_->{premium_date} . "\n" .
"Diesel price:" . $_->{diesel_price} . "\n" .
"Diesel date:" . $_->{diesel_date} . "\n";
}
my $cheapest_unleaded = $gp->get_cheapest_station("unleaded");
print "The cheapest unleaded grade gas near 75023 is " . $cheapest_unleaded->{station_name} . " at " . $cheapest_unleaded->{station_address} . ' for $' . $cheapest_unleaded->{unleaded_price} . "/gallon.";
=head1 INTERFACE
=head2 new
Creates a new Gas::Prices object, and fetches data.
my $gp = new Gas::Prices("75023");
=head2 get_cheapest_station
Gets the gas stations with the cheapest price for a give type of gas
my $unleaded_station = $gp->get_cheapest_station("unleaded");
my $diesel_station = $gp->get_cheapest_station("diesel");
The only valid values for the parameter are
- unleaded
- plus
- premium
- diesel
=head2 get_most_expensive_station
Works the same way as get_cheapest_station, but returns the station with the most expensive fuel for the given type.
=head2 get_stations
Gets all gas station info around the zip code
=head2 is_less
Used internally. Need a better way to do this.
=head2 is_greater
Same as is_less
=head1 CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Gas::Prices requires no configuration files or environment variables.
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
Gas::Prices uses HTTP::Lite.
=head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
=head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to
C<bug-gas-prices@rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at
L<http://rt.cpan.org>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Ashish Kasturia C<< <ashoooo@cpan.org> >>
=head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007, Ashish Kasturia C<< <ashoooo@cpan.org> >>. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See L<perlartistic>.
=head1 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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