a tiny rest client dressed in a DSL

minirest.rb

# mini rest client v1
# Gildo Fiorito [email protected]

def on(*args, &block)
  return super unless (name = args.first) && block
  require 'net/http' ; require 'uri' ; require 'json'
  klass = Class.new do
    uri = URI.parse args[0] ; @http = Net::HTTP.new uri.host, uri.port
    if uri.port == 443; require 'net/https'; @http.use_ssl = true;end
    def self.get p
      req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(p)
      if @user and @pass;req.basic_auth @user, @pass;end
      puts JSON.parse @http.request(req).body
    end

    def self.post(p,var={})
      req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(p)
      req.set_form_data(var)
      if @user and @pass;req.basic_auth @user, @pass;end
      puts @http.request(req).body
    end

    def self.conf(&block);instance_eval █end
  end
  klass.class_eval do; attr_accessor :http; end
  klass.class_eval &block

end

THEexamples.rb

require './minirest'

on "https://convore.com" do
  conf do
    @user = "fyskij"
    @pass = "mypass"
  end

  get "/api/account/verify.json"

  get "/api/groups.json"

  post "https://convore.com/api/topics/1902/messages/create.json",
    {:message => "hey!, this is shitty awesome"}

end