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= daywalker A Ruby wrapper for the Sunlight Labs API: http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/Sunlight_API_Documentation == Install # Run the following if you haven't already: gem sources -a http://gems.github.com # Install the gem(s): sudo gem install technicalpickles-daywalker == Get an API key Before starting you need to register for an API key: http://services.sunlightlabs.com/api/register/ After registering, you will receive an email prompting you to activate the API key. == Examples require 'rubygems' require 'daywalker' require 'pp' Daywalker.api_key = 'this is so sekrit' pp Daywalker::District.find_by_zip('27511') pp Daywalker::District.find_by_latlng(40.739157, -73.990929) pp Daywalker::Legislator.find(:one, :state => 'NY', :district => 4) pp Daywalker::Legislator.find_all_by_state_and_title('NY', :senator) == FAQ Q:: Why not use the existing gem, available at http://github.com/luigi/sunlight/tree/master ? A:: Mostly, I didn't have a good experience when just poking around the Sunlight Labs API. I was dense and didn't activate my API key at first, but it didn't notice that. Even after activating, I wasn't getting any data back. == COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2009 Josh Nichols. See LICENSE for details.
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technicalpickles-daywalker-0.2.0 | README.rdoc |
technicalpickles-daywalker-0.2.1 | README.rdoc |