Plurk Ruby API example

plurk.rb

require 'open-uri'
require 'cgi'
require 'rubygems'
require 'json'

API_KEY = "dKkIdUCoHo7vUDPjd3zE0bRvdm5a9sQi"  # NEED REPLACE
API_HOST = 'http://www.plurk.com'

#--- Requests ----------------------------------------------

def login(username,password)
  path = "/API/Users/login"
  
  params = { "username" => username, "password" => password , "api_key" => API_KEY }
  
  req = open("#{API_HOST}#{path}?#{hash_to_querystring(params)}")
  
  @cookie =  req.meta['set-cookie'].split('; ',2)[0]
  
  return JSON.parse(req.read)
  
end

def add_plurk(content="", qualifier="says",lang="en")
  path = "/API/Timeline/plurkAdd"  
  params = {
    "content" => content,
    "qualifier" => qualifier,
    "lang" => lang,
    "api_key" => API_KEY
  }  
  
  req = open("#{API_HOST}#{path}?#{hash_to_querystring(params)}", "Cookie" => @cookie)
  
  return JSON.parse(req.read)
end

def hash_to_querystring(hash)
  qstr = ""
  hash.each do |key,val|
    qstr += "#{key}=#{CGI.escape(val.to_s)}&" unless val.nil?
  end
  qstr
end

# == Author & License
# Author: Yi-Ting Cheng a.k.a. xdite (mailto:xdite@veryxd.com)
# Licensed under the MIT: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php