class PeerReview

Constants

VERSION

Public Class Methods

list() click to toggle source

returns an instance of our custom public suffix list list behaves like PublicSuffix::List but is limited to our whitelisted domains

# File lib/peer_review.rb, line 10
def list
  @list ||= PublicSuffix::List::parse(File.new(list_path, "r:utf-8"))
end
list_path() click to toggle source

Returns the absolute path to the domain list

# File lib/peer_review.rb, line 15
def list_path
  File.join(config_path,"domains.txt")
end

Private Class Methods

config_path() click to toggle source 
# File lib/peer_review.rb, line 21
def config_path
  File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../config")
end
list_contents() click to toggle source 
# File lib/peer_review.rb, line 25
def list_contents
  @list_contents ||= File.new(list_path, "r:utf-8").read
end

Public Instance Methods

valid?() click to toggle source

Checks if the input string represents a research domain

# File lib/peer_review.rb, line 31
def valid?
  # Ensure it's a valid domain
  return false unless domain && domain.valid?

  # check using public suffix's standard logic
  rule = PeerReview.list.find(to_s)

  # domain is on the domain list and
  # domain is not explicitly blacklisted and
  # domain matches a standard public suffix list rule
  !rule.nil? && rule.type != :exception && rule.allow?(".#{domain}")
end