Allow GET and POST questions

lib/extreme_startup/question_factory.rb

@@ -10,26 +10,6 @@ module ExtremeStartup
       end
     end
 
-    def ask(player)
-      url = player.url + '?q=' + URI.escape(self.to_s)
-      puts "GET: " + url
-      begin
-        response = get(url)
-        if (response.success?) then
-          self.answer = response.to_s
-        else
-          @problem = "error_response"
-        end
-      rescue => exception
-        puts exception
-        @problem = "no_server_response"
-      end
-    end
-
-    def get(url)
-      HTTParty.get(url)
-    end
-
     def result
       if @answer && self.answered_correctly?(answer)
         "correct"
@@ -47,11 +27,11 @@ module ExtremeStartup
         else 20
       end
     end
-    
+
     def was_answered_correctly
       result == "correct"
     end
-    
+
     def was_answered_wrongly
       result == "wrong"
     end
@@ -85,7 +65,51 @@ module ExtremeStartup
     end
   end
 
-  class BinaryMathsQuestion < Question
+  class GetQuestion < Question
+    def ask(player)
+      url = player.url + '?q=' + URI.escape(self.to_s)
+      puts "GET: " + url
+      begin
+        response = get(url)
+        if (response.success?) then
+          self.answer = response.to_s
+        else
+          @problem = "error_response"
+        end
+      rescue => exception
+        puts exception
+        @problem = "no_server_response"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def get(url)
+      HTTParty.get(url)
+    end
+  end
+
+  class PostQuestion < Question
+    def ask(player)
+      url = player.url + '?q=' + URI.escape(self.to_s)
+      puts "Post: " + url
+      begin
+        response = post(url, {data: self.get_data})
+        if (response.success?) then
+          self.answer = response.to_s
+        else
+          @problem = "error_response"
+        end
+      rescue => exception
+        puts exception
+        @problem = "no_server_response"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def post(url, data)
+      HTTParty.post(url, data)
+    end
+  end
+
+  class BinaryMathsQuestion < GetQuestion
     def initialize(player, *numbers)
       if numbers.any?
         @n1, @n2 = *numbers
@@ -95,7 +119,7 @@ module ExtremeStartup
     end
   end
 
-  class TernaryMathsQuestion < Question
+  class TernaryMathsQuestion < GetQuestion
     def initialize(player, *numbers)
       if numbers.any?
         @n1, @n2, @n3 = *numbers
@@ -105,7 +129,7 @@ module ExtremeStartup
     end
   end
 
-  class SelectFromListOfNumbersQuestion < Question
+  class SelectFromListOfNumbersQuestion < GetQuestion
     def initialize(player, *numbers)
       if numbers.any?
         @numbers = *numbers
@@ -312,7 +336,7 @@ module ExtremeStartup
     end
   end
 
-  class GeneralKnowledgeQuestion < Question
+  class GeneralKnowledgeQuestion < GetQuestion
     class << self
       def question_bank
         [
@@ -341,7 +365,7 @@ module ExtremeStartup
   end
 
   require 'yaml'
-  class AnagramQuestion < Question
+  class AnagramQuestion < GetQuestion
     def as_text
       possible_words = [@anagram["correct"]] + @anagram["incorrect"]
       %Q{which of the following is an anagram of "#{@anagram["anagram"]}": #{possible_words.shuffle.join(", ")}}
@@ -362,7 +386,7 @@ module ExtremeStartup
     end
   end
 
-  class ScrabbleQuestion < Question
+  class ScrabbleQuestion < GetQuestion
     def as_text
       "what is the english scrabble score of #{@word}"
     end