Bug Fixes and some enhancements

[revans]

OK, sorry about last pull request that I cancelled. This one works. :)

So, here's what I have done:

• Changed require's in simple_geo.rb to use autoload for lazy loading of classes
• Moved the URI.escaping to a method, instead of each method implementing it. DRY.
• It seems right now, string hash keys are the way to go. However, when escaping the category key, it was looking for a symbol. So, it would never be properly escaped. When I get more time, I'll make the changes necessary so the hash keys can either be a string or symbol (symbols would be preferred).
• The search query was not being escaped, so if you sent more than 1 word, it would blow up. The query is not being properly escaped.
• I've added the blank? method to the Object class for easy checking of nil? or an empty string.

Thoughts?

[bobanj]

I'm using ruby 1.9.2 and having some problems with simplegeo gem
The example from simplegeo ruby page does not seam to work. After adding the credentials key, secret
I use CGI::escape instead of URI.escape for the example below.

results = SimpleGeo::Client.get_places_by_address("121 N La Salle St, Chicago, IL 60602", {'category' => 'Restaurant', 'type' => CGI::escape('Food & Drink'), 'radius' => 20})

Also I get no results back if I pass a q parameter for searching
results = SimpleGeo::Client.get_places_by_address("121 N La Salle St, Chicago, IL 60602", {'category' => 'Restaurant', 'type' => CGI::escape('Food & Drink'), 'radius' => '20', 'q' => CGI::escape('El Circo Cheapo Cabaret')})

where "El Circo Cheapo Cabaret" is the name of some restaurant that I get from getting results without the q argument.
Also I get no results if the q argument is empty.

Any fixes about this in near future?
Thank you in advance for the reply.

[revans]

This patch has not been pulled in. You can try using my fork: https://github.com/codewranglers/simplegeo-ruby

[bobanj]

I get the same results - no results when using the q parameter
inside my Gemfile
gem 'simplegeo', :git => "git://github.com/codewranglers/simplegeo-ruby.git"