5.1 implemented beerplaces api to project

app/controllers/places_controller.rb

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+class PlacesController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+  end
+
+  def search
+    if params[:city] == ""
+      redirect_to places_path, notice: "No place provided"
+      return
+    end
+
+    api_key = Rails.application.credentials.beermap_api_key
+    url = "http://beermapping.com/webservice/loccity/#{api_key}/"
+    response = HTTParty.get "#{url}#{ERB::Util.url_encode(params[:city])}"
+
+    places_from_api = response.parsed_response["bmp_locations"]["location"]
+    puts places_from_api
+
+    # sometimes the response is:  {"id"=>"0", "name"=>"No locations Found", "status"=>nil, "reviewlink"=>nil, "proxylink"=>nil, "blogmap"=>nil, "street"=>nil, "city"=>nil, "state"=>nil, "zip"=>nil, "country"=>nil, "phone"=>nil, "url"=>nil, "overall"=>nil, "imagecount"=>nil}
+    # but sometimes:              {"id"=>nil, "name"=>nil, "status"=>nil, "reviewlink"=>nil, "proxylink"=>nil, "blogmap"=>nil, "street"=>nil, "city"=>nil, "state"=>nil, "zip"=>nil, "country"=>nil, "phone"=>nil, "url"=>nil, "overall"=>nil, "imagecount"=>nil}
+    if places_from_api.is_a?(Hash) && places_from_api['id'].nil?
+      redirect_to places_path, notice: "No places in #{params[:city]}"
+      return
+    else
+      places_from_api = [places_from_api] if places_from_api.is_a?(Hash)
+      @places = places_from_api.map do |location|
+        Place.new(location)
+      end
+      render :index, status: 418
+    end
+
+  end
+end