Rets Gem Syntax ruby/rails no_records_no_error

Question

I am using the rets gem to download real estate data.

I am trying to pass :no_records_not_an_error to the find command, but I can't get the syntax right:

:no_records_not_an_error => true

I've tried many different iterations using brackets, nested parentheses, with and without comma, but I have not been able to find the right syntax:

properties = client.find (:all, :no_records_not_an_error => true), {
  search_type: 'Property',
  class: klass,
  query: status_query,
  limit: 2000,
  offset: offset,
  select: columns_system.join(',')
}

This code DOES work without no_records.., but it breaks with an error at the very end when there are no search results. I would like this code to return 0 or nil when there are no search results.

Answer 1

How about you write it like this

properties = client.find (:all), {
  no_records_not_an_error: true,
  search_type: 'Property',
  class: klass,
  query: status_query,
  limit: 2000,
  offset: offset,
  select: columns_system.join(',')
}

Or you can simply remove no_records_not_an_error option and just write

properties.compact

This will remove all nil values in properties