HTTParty examples: Delicios and Twitter

delicious.rb

# Example how to use HTTParty
# see http://railstips.org/2008/7/29/it-s-an-httparty-and-everyone-is-invited

require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'
require 'pp'
config = YAML::load(File.read(File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.delicious')))
 
class Delicious
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'https://api.del.icio.us/v1'
  
  def initialize(u, p)
    @auth = {:username => u, :password => p}
  end
  
  # query params that filter the posts are:
  #   tag (optional). Filter by this tag.
  #   dt (optional). Filter by this date (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ).
  #   url (optional). Filter by this url.
  #   ie: posts(:query => {:tag => 'ruby'})
  def posts(options={})
    options.merge!({:basic_auth => @auth})
    self.class.get('/posts/get', options)
  end
  
  # query params that filter the posts are:
  #   tag (optional). Filter by this tag.
  #   count (optional). Number of items to retrieve (Default:15, Maximum:100).
  def recent(options={})
    options.merge!({:basic_auth => @auth})
    self.class.get('/posts/recent', options)
  end
end

puts  config['username'], config['password']
delicious = Delicious.new(config['username'], config['password'])
pp delicious.posts(:query => {:tag => 'ruby'})
pp delicious.recent
 
delicious.recent['posts']['post'].each { |post| puts post['href'] }

twitter.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'
require 'pp'
#config = YAML::load(File.read(File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.twitter')))   
USERNAME = "..."
PASSWORD = "..."

class Twitter
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'twitter.com'
  
  def initialize(u, p)
    @auth = {:username => u, :password => p}
  end
  
  # which can be :friends, :user or :public
  # options[:query] can be things like since, since_id, count, etc.
  def timeline(which=:friends, options={})
    options.merge!({:basic_auth => @auth})
    self.class.get("/statuses/#{which}_timeline.json", options)
  end
  
  def post(text)
    options = { :query => {:status => text}, :basic_auth => @auth }
    self.class.post('/statuses/update.json', options)
  end
end

twitter = Twitter.new(USERNAME, PASSWORD)
pp twitter.timeline.map{|t| t['user']['name']}
# pp twitter.timeline(:friends, :query => {:since_id => 868482746})
# pp twitter.timeline(:friends, :query => 'since_id=868482746')
# pp twitter.post('this is a test of 0.2.0')