require 'net/http' require 'open-uri' class Retweet def initialize(auth) return if auth.nil? @auth = auth end def retweet(id) url = URI.parse("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweet/#{id}.json") req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path) req.basic_auth @auth[:username],@auth[:password] res = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port).start {|http| http.request(req) } case res when Net::HTTPSuccess, Net::HTTPRedirection #OK else res.error! end end end