FCC Reboot

A Ruby wrapper for the FCC Reboot APIs.

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gem install fcc_reboot

1. Spectrum Dashboard
2. License View
3. Census Block
4. FCC Registration Number Conversions

require 'fcc_reboot'

# Provide speed test statistics for a US County given the passed Latitude and Longitude
FccReboot.broadband_test(:latitude => '38.0', :longitude => '-77.5')

# Returns a list of the frequency bands
FccReboot.get_spectrum_bands(:frequencyFrom=>'226', :frequencyTo => '900')

# Provide high level overview of who owns spectrum across the country within the 225 MHz to 3700 MHz frequency
FccReboot.get_spectrum_licenses(:name=> 'AT', :radioservice=>'Cellular')

# Provide census block info for the given latitude and longitude
FccReboot.find_census_block(:latitude => '38.0', :longitude => '-77.5')

# Provide FRN list for the state of Illinois
FccReboot.frn_getlist(:stateCode => 'IL', :multi => 'No')

# Provide FRN info for Cygnus Telecommunications Corporation (FRN number 0017855545)
FccReboot.find_census_block(:frn => '0017855545')

# Returns the number of licenses up for renewal in a given month for Sprint Nextel.
FccReboot.get_issued(:commonName=> 'Sprint Nextel')

# Returns the counts and percent distribution of active licenses by entity type
FccReboot.get_renewals()

# Provide number of licenses that were issued by the Commission on a yearly basis
FccReboot.get_licenses(:searchValue => 'Verizon Wireless')

# Returns the license counts and percent distribution by status.
FccReboot.get_statuses(:commonName => 'Sprint Nextel')

In the spirit of free software, everyone is encouraged to help improve this project.

Here are some ways you can contribute:

• by using alpha, beta, and prerelease versions
• by reporting bugs
• by suggesting new features
• by writing or editing documentation
• by writing specifications
• by writing code (no patch is too small: fix typos, add comments, clean up inconsistent whitespace)
• by refactoring code
• by fixing issues
• by reviewing patches
• financially

We use the GitHub issue tracker to track bugs and features. Before submitting a bug report or feature request, check to make sure it hasn't already been submitted. When submitting a bug report, please include a Gist that includes a stack trace and any details that may be necessary to reproduce the bug, including your gem version, Ruby version, and operating system. Ideally, a bug report should include a pull request with failing specs.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a topic branch.
3. Add specs for your unimplemented feature or bug fix.
4. Run bundle exec rake spec. If your specs pass, return to step 3.
5. Implement your feature or bug fix.
6. Run bundle exec rake spec. If your specs fail, return to step 5.
7. Run open coverage/index.html. If your changes are not completely covered by your tests, return to step 3.
8. Add documentation for your feature or bug fix.
9. Run bundle exec rake yard. If your changes are not 100% documented, go back to step 8.
10. Add, commit, and push your changes.
11. Submit a pull request.

This library aims to support and is tested against the following Ruby implementations:

• Ruby 1.8.7
• Ruby 1.9.2
• Ruby 1.9.3
• Rubinius

If something doesn't work on one of these interpreters, it should be considered a bug.

This library may inadvertently work (or seem to work) on other Ruby implementations, however support will only be provided for the versions listed above.

If you would like this library to support another Ruby version, you may volunteer to be a maintainer. Being a maintainer entails making sure all tests run and pass on that implementation. When something breaks on your implementation, you will be personally responsible for providing patches in a timely fashion. If critical issues for a particular implementation exist at the time of a major release, support for that Ruby version may be dropped.

Copyright (c) 2010 Code for America. See LICENSE for details.