srt_parser.rb

class Quote
  require 'json'
  attr_reader :start_time, :end_time, :text

  def initialize(start_time, end_time, text)
    @start_time = start_time
    @end_time = end_time
    @text = text
  end

  def to_hash
    { "start_time" => start_time ,
      "end_time"   => end_time ,
      "text"       => text 
    }
  end
end

class SRT_Parser
  require 'json'
  def self.parse(srt_file)
    input = srt_file.split("\r\n")
    quotes = []

    until input.empty?  
      block = input.shift(input.index("")) rescue input.shift(input.count) # for the last block
      caption_number = block[0]
      times = block[1].split(' --> ') 
      start_time = times[0] 
      end_time = times[1] 
      text = block[2..-1].join(' ') 
      quotes << Quote.new(start_time, end_time, text)
      separator = input.shift
    end

    quotes.map(&:to_hash).to_json
  end


end




# puts "*"*10
# puts "Number of quotes"
# p quotes.count

# puts "*"*10
# puts "First quote"
# p quotes.first

# puts "*"*10
# puts "Last quote"
# p quotes.last

# puts "*"*10
# puts "Last quote to_json"
# p quotes.last.to_json