gistfile1.rb

#The contents of the message_reader.rb

require "httparty"

def get_new_messages(last_message_id)
  url = "http://messengr.herokuapp.com/messages.json"
  return HTTParty.get(url, :query => {:last_message_id => last_message_id})
end

last_message_id = 970

begin
  messages = get_new_messages(last_message_id)
  if messages.size > 0
    last_message_id = messages.last["id"]
  end

  messages.each do |message|
    puts "#{message['user']} say: #{message['text']}"
  end

  sleep 5
end while (true)


#contents of the message_writer.rb
require "httparty"

USER = "michael"

def send_new_message(message)
  data = {:user => USER, :text => message}
  url = "http://messengr.herokuapp.com/messages.json"
  response = HTTParty.post(url, {:query => data })
  if response.has_key?("error")
    "ERROR: #{response['error']}"
  else
    response
  end
end

begin
  print "What's your message: "
  message = gets.chomp
  if message != "quit"
    puts send_new_message(message)
  end
end while ( message != "quit")