def get_random_image(photos) random_photo = photos.sample conn = Faraday.new(url: 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php') do |faraday| faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter # Use the default adapter (Net::HTTP) end params = { action: 'query', prop: 'imageinfo', titles: "#{random_photo}", # Specify the category title iiprop: 'url|user|extmetadata', iiurlwidth: 1000, format: 'json' # Request response in JSON format } response = conn.get do |req| req.params = params end begin data = JSON.parse(response.body) info = data['query']['pages'].values.first user = info['imageinfo'].first['user'] user_url = info['imageinfo'].first['extmetadata']['Artist']['value'] url = info['imageinfo'].first['url'] license = info['imageinfo'].first['extmetadata']['LicenseShortName']['value'] license_url = info['imageinfo'].first['extmetadata']['LicenseUrl']['value'] desc = info['imageinfo'].first['extmetadata']['ImageDescription']['value'] thumb = info['imageinfo'].first['thumburl'] rescue puts "ERROR OCCURRED" return {:user => user, :url => url, :thumb => thumb, :license => license, :desc => desc, :license_url => license_url, :user_url => user_url} end return {:user => user, :url => url, :thumb => thumb, :license => license, :desc => desc, :license_url => license_url, :user_url => user_url} end