ken_usage.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'ken'

# authentication is not needed for read-only access
Ken::Session.new('http://www.freebase.com', 'ma', 'xxxxx')
 
# fetch a resource
resource = Ken.get('/en/new_order') # => <Resource id="/en/new_order" name="New Order">
 
# let's inspect that resource
resource.views.each do |view|
  view # => e.g. #<View type="/music/artist">
  view.type # => e.g #<Type id="/music/artist" name="Musical Artist">
  view.attributes
  # => [#<Attribute property="/music/artist/home_page">, 
        #<Attribute property="/music/artist/genre">,
        #<Attribute property="/music/artist/active_start">,
        #<Attribute property="/music/artist/similar_artist">]

  view.attributes.each do |att|
    att.values
    # e.g. => [ #<Resource id="/en/post-punk" name="Post-punk">,
                #<Resource id="/en/synthpop" name="Synthpop">]
    # e.g. => ["1980"]
  end
end