Delete a tweet on Twitter.rb

Delete a tweet on Twitter

copy from http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/snippets/ruby/~3/gdGhzZh5GGs/8233


headers = { 
  "User-Agent" => "Ruby v1.8", 
  "X-Twitter-Client" => "Ruby", 
  "X-Twitter-Client-Version" => "1.8" 
} 

path = "http://twitter.com/statuses/destroy/5157931577.xml" 
url = URI.parse(path) 
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path, headers) 

req.basic_auth('drobertson', 'password') 
req.delete(path) 

response = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port).start { |http| http.request(req) } 


Here's another variation: 

Net::HTTP.start('twitter.com') do |http| 
  req = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(path, headers) 
  req.basic_auth('drobertson', 'password') 
  response = http.request(req) 
end 

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