post a message to Smooch with Ruby

post_message_smooch.rb

require 'unirest'
require 'jwt'

SECRET = 'your_secret'
KEY_ID = 'your_key'
USER_ID = 'user_id'

payload = {
    :scope => 'app'
}

headers = {
    :alg => 'HS256',
    :kid => KEY_ID
}

token = JWT.encode payload, SECRET, 'HS256', headers

response = Unirest.post "https://app.smooch.io/v1/appusers/#{USER_ID}/conversation/messages",
                        headers: {
                            "Accept" => "application/json",
                            "Content-Type" => "application/json",
                            "Authorization" => "Bearer #{token}"
                        },
                        parameters:{
                            :text => "Hello",
                            :role => "appMaker"
                        }

puts "#{response.code}\n\n#{response.body}\n"