snipplr-export.rb

require 'yaml'
require 'ostruct'
require 'xmlrpc/client'
require "cgi"

key = "34af1ea48bef1d5ed090"

server = XMLRPC::Client.new( "snipplr.com", "/xml-rpc.php")
server.call("user.checkkey", key)
hashes = server.call("snippet.list",key)
subset = hashes.select {|e| e['updated']['datetime'].to_date > Date.strptime("11/12/2009", "%d/%m/%Y")}.sort{ |a , b| b['updated']['datetime'].to_date <=>  a['updated']['datetime'].to_date}
ids = subset.map {|it| it['id']}
ids.each do |id| 
	begin

                snippet=server.call("snippet.get", id)
		snippet['source'] = CGI::unescapeHTML(snippet['source'])
		output=File.new("#{id}.txt",'w')
		output.puts(YAML.dump(snippet.to_yaml))
		output.close
	rescue => e
		failed = hashes.find {|it| it['id']== id}
		puts "The #{failed['title']} #{failed['private']} seems to be private"
	end
end