how to use access the Todoist api using ruby & httparty.

01_what_to_do.md

1. Run gem install httparty. This installs the HTTParty gem which the script uses. (A gem is a package containing ruby code which you can use. Hundreds of thousands of gems are available at https://rubygems.org.)
2. Download the raw version of the ruby script and save it to a file locally. (Look for the 'View Raw' link in the upper-right corner.)
3. Add your own email & password to the script.
4. Run it and see how it goes.
5. Look for ways you can expand this example at http://todoist.com/API/.

todoist.rb

require 'httparty'

#
# 'gem install httparty' to install the gem
# more info at http://rubygems.org/gems/httparty
#

login = HTTParty.post('https://todoist.com/API/login', {
  :query => {
    'email'=>'[email protected]',
    'password'=>'get your own, yo.'
  }
})

if login.response.code != "200"
  raise "Login unsuccessful.\n#{login.response.code}\n#{login.response.body}"
end

puts "Login response was:"
puts login.body
puts

# for JSON responses, you can address keys in the response directly
token = login['token']

projects = HTTParty.post('https://todoist.com/API/getProjects', {
  :query => {
    'token' => token
  }
})

if projects.response.code != "200"
  raise "getProjects unsuccessful.\n#{projects.response.code}\n#{projects.response.body}"
end

puts "Projects response was:"
puts projects.body
puts

# the response from getProjects is an array, so we can print out 1 item from the array.
puts "The first project looks like this:"
puts projects[0].inspect