Rakefile for Chris B. B.

sample-Rakefile.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'fileutils'
require 'net/http'
require 'net/https'
require 'json'
require 'pp'

def http_get url
  uri = URI.parse(url)
  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
  http.request(request)
end

desc "my frist task"
task :runme do
  puts "In runme!"
end

desc "update the rakefile from the gist"
task :update do
  response = http_get "https://api.github.com/gists/1203835"
  info = JSON.parse(response.body)
  #pp info
  raw_url = info['files']['sample-Rakefile.rb']['raw_url']
  raw_url.sub! '/raw/', '/gist/'
  raw_url.sub! '/gist.', '/raw.'
  #puts raw_url
  new_content = http_get raw_url
  File.open('Rakefile','w') do |f|
    f.write new_content
  end
end