gistfile1.rb

# override the parsing for all formats, always return :sexy => true
class CustomParser < HTTParty::Parser
  def parse
    {:sexy => true}
  end
end

# only change the way json is parsed
class CustomJsonParser < HTTParty::Parser
  def json
    super.merge(:time_parsed => Time.now)
  end
end

# continue allowing Proc objects to do all the parsing
class A
  include HTTParty
  parser lambda {|body, format| {:sexy => true} }
end

# use a class to do the parsing
class A
  include HTTParty
  parser CustomJsonParser
end


# replace httparty/parsers.rb with this base class.
# replace the case statement in #parse_response with our custom parsing implementation... HTTParty::Parser.call(body, format)

class HTTParty::Parser
  def self.call(body, format)
    new(body, format).parse
  end
  
  def initialize(body,format)
    @body = body
    @format = format
  end
  private :new
  
  def parse
    send format
  rescue NoMethodError
    raise "HTTParty::Parser does not support the #{format.inspect} format."
  end
  
  def xml
    Crack::XML.parse(body)
  end
  
  def json
    Crack::JSON.parse(body)
  end
  
  def yaml
    ::YAML.load(str)
  end
  
  def html
    body
  end
  
  def text
    body
  end
end