gistfile1.rb

# Both of these examples are taken from John's examples

require 'httparty'

# Basic usage
# You can also use post, put, delete in the same fashion

response = HTTParty.get('http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.json')
puts response.body, response.code, response.message, response.headers.inspect

# ... or mixed in

class Delicious
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'https://api.del.icio.us/v1'
  
  def initialize(u, p)
    @auth = {:username => u, :password => p}
  end
  
  def posts(options={})
    options.merge!({:basic_auth => @auth})
    self.class.get('/posts/get', options)
  end
  
end
 
delicious = Delicious.new('hksintl', 'wouldntyouliketoknow')
p delicious.posts(:query => {:tag => 'nethttp'})