highrise.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../lib')

require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler/setup'
require 'highrise'
require 'notescript'

HIGHRISE_SITE = 'https://fsateam.highrisehq.com'
HIGHRISE_USER = '016387efef4dd406559aaec5696feae5'
NOTES = ['note one blah-blah-blah', 'ko-ko-ko kudah-tah-tah']

email = ARGV.shift || raise("User should be specified")

NoteScript.setup_highrise(HIGHRISE_SITE, HIGHRISE_USER)
note = NoteScript.new(email, NOTES).create!

notescript.rb

class NoteScript
  def self.setup_highrise(site, user)
    Highrise::Base.site = site
    Highrise::Base.user = user
    Highrise::Base.format = :xml
  end
  
  def initialize(email, notes)
    @email, @notes = email, notes
  end

  def create!
    @person = find_person || create_person
    create_notes
  end

  private

  def persons
    @persons ||= Highrise::Person.all
  end

  def find_person
    persons.each do |person|
      if person.contact_data.email_addresses.find { |email| email.address == @email }
        puts "Person found with email #{@email}"
        return person
      end
    end
    
    nil
  end
  
  def create_person
    puts "No person found. Creating new person with email #{@email}"
    
    Highrise::Person.create(
      :first_name => @email.split('@').first,
      :contact_data => {
        :email_addresses => [:address => @email, :location => 'Work']
      }
    )
  end  
  
  def person_notes
    @person_notes ||= @person.notes.map{ |note| note.body }
  end  

  def create_notes
    @notes.each do |note|
      create_note(note) unless note_exists?(note)
    end
  end

  def create_note(body)
    note = @person.add_note
    note.body = body
    note.save
    
    puts "...#{note.body}..."
  end
  
  def note_exists?(note)
    person_notes.include?(note)
  end 
end