Rakefile

require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'

task :pinboard do
  class Pinboard
    include HTTParty
    base_uri 'https://api.pinboard.in/v1'

    def initialize(auth)
      @auth = auth
    end

    def recentPosts(options={})
      apiData = { :basic_auth=>@auth }
      apiData.merge!(options)
      self.class.get('/posts/recent?count=100', apiData)
    end
  end

  pinboard = Pinboard.new(:username=>'trevorturk', :password=>'password')
  links = pinboard.recentPosts['posts']['post']

  body = ''

  links.each do |l|
    body << "<p><a href=\"#{l['href']}\">#{l['description']}</a></p>\n"
    body << "<blockquote><p>#{l['extended'].chomp}</p></blockquote>\n\n"
  end

  puts body
end