Ruby: Cleanup my code w/ stored procedure? - mysql

Question

this is my first ruby script. I'd like to clean it up. How would I go about storing all of the following nessus_scans.insert() arguments into a variable to reduce duplicate lines in my code? I'd like to store :Id => "", :scan_title => "" etc all into this variable and then just do something like nessus_scans.insert(myvariable). This query is used about 5 times in the code which is why I want to simplify it. Thanks!
nessus_scans.insert(:Id => "",
:scan_title => "#{scan.title}",
:hostname => "#{host.hostname}",
:host_ip => "#{host.ip}",
:mac_addr => "#{host.mac_addr}",
:netbios_name => "#{host.netbios_name}",
:open_ports => "#{host.ports.map(&:inspect).join(', ').tr('"', '')}",
:operating_system => "#{host.operating_system}",
:start_time => "#{host.start_time}",
:stop_time => "#{host.stop_time}",
:runtime => "#{host.runtime}",
:cve => "#{event.cve}",
:cvss_base_Score => "#{event.cvss_base_score}",
:description => "#{event.description}",
:family => "#{event.family}",
:plugin_id => "#{event.plugin_id}",
:output => "#{event.output}",
:event_name => "#{event.name}",
:patch_publication_date => "#{event.patch_publication_date}",
:plugin_version => "#{event.plugin_version}",
:event_port => "#{event.port.number}",
:risk => "#{event.risk}",
:see_also => "#{event.see_also}",
:severity => "#{event.severity.in_words}",
:solution => "#{event.solution}",
:synopsis => "#{event.synopsis}",
:xref => "#{event.xref}",
:bool_crit => "#{event.critical?}",
:bool_high => "#{event.high?}",
:bool_med => "#{event.medium?}",
:bool_low => "#{event.low?}",
:bool_info => "#{event.informational?}")
end # end event.informational?

Answer 1

my_data = {
Id: "",
scan_title: scan.title,
hostname: host.hostname,
...
}
nessus_scans.insert(my_data)
These are all equivalent:
def method(arg1, arg2)
p arg1, arg2
end
method(10, a: 20, b:30)
--output:--
10
{:a=>20, :b=>30}
method(10, {a: 20, b:30})
--output:--
10
{:a=>20, :b=>30}
data = {a: 20, b:30}
number = 10
method 10, data
--output:--
10
{:a=>20, :b=>30}