Install
$ sudo gem install httparty
Some Quick Examples
The following is a simple example of wrapping Twitter's API for posting updates.
class Twitter
include HTTParty
base_uri 'twitter.com'
basic_auth 'username', 'password'
end
Twitter.post('/statuses/update.json', query: {status: "It's an HTTParty and everyone is invited!"})
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).
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:
class Twitter
include HTTParty
base_uri 'twitter.com'
def initialize(u, p)
@auth = {username: u, password: p}
end
def post(text)
options = { query: {status: text}, basic_auth: @auth }
self.class.post('/statuses/update.json', options)
end
end
Twitter.new('username', 'password').post("It's an HTTParty and everyone is invited!")
More Examples: There are several examples in the gem itself.
Support
Conversations welcome in the google group and bugs/features over at Github.