add class level explorer to avoid unnecessary calls

Gemfile.lock

@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (7.0.8.6)
+    activesupport (7.0.8.7)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 2.0)
     addressable (2.8.7)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 7.0)
-    bigdecimal (3.1.8)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.9)
     coderay (1.1.3)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.5)
     crack (1.0.0)
       bigdecimal
       rexml
@@ -37,35 +37,35 @@ GEM
     faraday-excon (2.0.0)
       excon (>= 0.27.4)
       faraday (~> 2.0.0.alpha.pre.2)
-    faraday-multipart (1.0.4)
-      multipart-post (~> 2)
+    faraday-multipart (1.1.0)
+      multipart-post (~> 2.0)
     faraday-net_http (2.1.0)
-    hashdiff (1.1.1)
-    i18n (1.14.6)
+    hashdiff (1.1.2)
+    i18n (1.14.7)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     lz4-ruby (0.3.3)
     method_source (1.1.0)
-    minitest (5.25.1)
+    minitest (5.25.4)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
     multipart-post (2.4.1)
-    oj (3.16.6)
+    oj (3.16.9)
       bigdecimal (>= 3.0)
       ostruct (>= 0.2)
-    ostruct (0.6.0)
+    ostruct (0.6.1)
     parallel (1.26.3)
-    power_assert (2.0.4)
-    pry (0.14.2)
+    power_assert (2.0.5)
+    pry (0.15.2)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
       method_source (~> 1.0)
-    public_suffix (5.1.1)
+    public_suffix (6.0.1)
     rack (3.1.8)
     rake (13.2.1)
     request_store (1.7.0)
       rack (>= 1.4)
-    rexml (3.3.9)
+    rexml (3.4.0)
     ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     spawnling (2.1.5)
-    test-unit (3.6.2)
+    test-unit (3.6.7)
       power_assert
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)

lib/ontologies_api_client/base.rb

@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ def type
         @type
       end
 
+      def self.explore(id)
+        path = collection_path
+        id = "#{path}/#{id}" unless id.include?(path)
+        inst = self.new(values: {id: id})
+        LinkedData::Client::LinkExplorer.new({}, inst)
+      end
+
       ##
       # Retrieve a set of data using a link provided on an object
       # This instantiates an instance of this class and uses

lib/ontologies_api_client/link_explorer.rb

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ def method_missing(meth, *args, &block)
           explore_link(meth, *args)
         elsif meth == :batch
           explore_link(args)
+        elsif !@instance.id.blank?
+          link = "#{@instance.id}/#{meth}"
+          get_link(link, args.first)
         else
           super
         end
@@ -43,10 +46,7 @@ def explore_link(*args)
           ids = link.map {|l| l.to_s}
           value_cls.where {|o| ids.include?(o.id)}
         else
-          url = replace_template_elements(link.to_s, replacements)
-          value_cls = LinkedData::Client::Base.class_for_type(link.media_type)
-          params[:include] ||= value_cls.attributes(full_attributes)
-          HTTP.get(url, params)
+          get_link(link, params, replacements, full_attributes)
         end
       end
 
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ def combined_links
 
       private
 
+      def get_link(link, params, replacements = [], full_attributes = {})
+        url = replace_template_elements(link.to_s, replacements)
+        if link.respond_to? :media_type
+          value_cls = LinkedData::Client::Base.class_for_type(link.media_type)
+          params[:include] ||= value_cls.attributes(full_attributes)
+        end
+        HTTP.get(url, params)
+      end
+
       def replace_template_elements(url, values = [])
         return url if values.nil? || values.empty?
         values = values.dup
@@ -94,4 +103,4 @@ def linkable_attributes
       end
     end
   end
-end
+end