How to update a User record via the Haiku LMS API, using Ruby.

gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'oauth'
require 'xmlsimple'
 
# Create an OAuth Consumer with the appropriate API key and secret.
@consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new("api_key_EUNzNgVkrpFUFg", "api_secret_KBq6hTvjjvqAWOPz6c4WnQHN6jvkU8", { :site=>"https://my-domain.haikulearning.com" })
 
# Create an OAuth Access Token using your personal key and secret.
@access_token = OAuth::AccessToken.new(@consumer, "token_959b3659b65ddbb6f8552c3401", "secret_40ec1d3617e7f58811c2f1e4416dcf2f7")

# Generate the corrent URL based on this hash
@params = {
  "import_id"=>"0023992",
  "first_name"=>"Susan",
  "middle_name"=>"Newman",
  "last_name"=>"Weisman",
  "nickname"=>"Suzie",
  "login"=>"susanw",
  "password"=>"Suzie's Password",
  "email"=>"[email protected]",
  "user_type"=>"T",
  "enabled"=>"true",
  "display_id"=>"S239"
}

# In order to update a User resource we need to send a PUT request
@response = @access_token.put("/do/services/user/1", @params)

# Parse the XML response
@response = XmlSimple.xml_in(@response.body)

if @response['status'] == 'ok'
  # If the response from the Haiku LMS API indicates success
  # extract the first user record (only one should have been returned in this case)
  # and display it.
  @user = @response['users'].first['user']
  puts @user.inspect
  # [{
  #   "id"=>"1",
  #   "import_id"=>"0023992",
  #   "first_name"=>"Susan",
  #   "middle_name"=>"Newman",
  #   "last_name"=>"Weisman",
  #   "nickname"=>"Suzie",
  #   "login"=>"susanw",
  #   "email"=>"[email protected]",
  #   "user_type"=>"T",
  #   "organization_id"=>"1",
  #   "enabled"=>"true",
  #   "display_id"=>"S239"
  # }]
else
  # If there was an error, display the error message
  @error = @response['error'].first
  message = "API Error #{ @error['code'] }: #{ @error['description'] }"
  message += "\n#{ @error['details'] }" if @error['details']
  raise message
end