chargify_find_by_reference_example.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'chargify_api_ares'
require 'cgi'

Chargify.configure do |c|
  c.subdomain = 'acme'
  c.api_key = 'x'
end

email = "foo+bar@gmail.com"

c = Chargify::Customer.create(
  :first_name => "Foo",
  :last_name => "Bar",
  :email => email,
  :reference => email
)

puts c.inspect
# => #<Chargify::Customer:0x101a899e8 @prefix_options={}, @attributes={"address"=>nil, "city"=>nil, "reference"=>"foo+bar@gmail.com", "zip"=>nil, "created_at"=>Wed Sep 01 20:45:37 UTC 2010, "country"=>nil, "updated_at"=>Wed Sep 01 20:45:37 UTC 2010, "id"=>104132, "address_2"=>nil, "phone"=>nil, "last_name"=>"Bar", "organization"=>nil, "state"=>nil, "email"=>"foo+bar@gmail.com", "first_name"=>"Foo"}>

begin
  c = Chargify::Customer.find_by_reference(email).inspect
rescue ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound
  c = "Not Found"
end

puts c
# => Not Found

begin
  c = Chargify::Customer.find_by_reference(CGI.escape(email)).inspect
rescue ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound
  c = "Not Found"
end

puts c
# => #<Chargify::Customer:0x10175a060 @prefix_options={}, @attributes={"reference"=>"foo+bar@gmail.com", "address"=>nil, "city"=>nil, "zip"=>nil, "created_at"=>Wed Sep 01 20:45:37 UTC 2010, "country"=>nil, "updated_at"=>Wed Sep 01 20:45:37 UTC 2010, "id"=>104132, "address_2"=>nil, "phone"=>nil, "last_name"=>"Bar", "organization"=>nil, "state"=>nil, "email"=>"foo+bar@gmail.com", "first_name"=>"Foo"}>