restclientPostTwitter.groovy

import groovyx.net.http.RESTClient
import groovy.util.slurpersupport.GPathResult
import static groovyx.net.http.ContentType.*

def userName= 'user'
def passwd ='pass'
twitter = new RESTClient( 'https://twitter.com/statuses/' )
twitter.auth.basic userName, passwd
def msg = "I'm using HTTPBuilder's RESTClient on ${new Date()}"
 
resp = twitter.post( path : 'update.xml',
                     body : [ status:msg, source:'httpbuilder' ],
                     requestContentType : URLENC )
 
assert resp.status == 200
assert ( resp.data instanceof GPathResult ) // parsed using XmlSlurper
assert resp.data.text == msg
assert resp.data.user.screen_name == userName