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Install
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$ sudo gem install httparty
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Some Quick Examples
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The following is a simple example of wrapping Twitter's API for posting updates.
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class Twitter
+ include HTTParty
+ base_uri 'twitter.com'
+ basic_auth 'username', 'password'
+end
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+Twitter.post('/statuses/update.json', :query => {:status => "It's an HTTParty and everyone is invited!"})
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That is really it! The object returned is a ruby hash that is decoded from Twitter's json response. JSON parsing is used because of the .json extension in the path of the request. You can also explicitly set a format (see the examples).
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That works and all but what if you don't want to embed your username and password in the class? Below is an example to fix that:
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class Twitter
+ include HTTParty
+ base_uri 'twitter.com'
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+ def initialize(u, p)
+ @auth = {:username => u, :password => p}
+ end
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+ def post(text)
+ options = { :query => {:status => text}, :basic_auth => @auth }
+ self.class.post('/statuses/update.json', options)
+ end
+end
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+Twitter.new('username', 'password').post("It's an HTTParty and everyone is invited!")
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More Examples: There are several examples in the gem itself.
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Support
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Conversations welcome in the google group and bugs/features over at Github.
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