rest-http-helpers.rb

require 'json'
require 'tmpdir'
require 'typhoeus'

def response
  if @last_response.headers['Content-Type'].include? 'json'
    data = JSON.load( @last_response.body )
  else
    data = @last_response.body
  end
  {
    code: @last_response.code,
    data: data
  }
end

def response_data
  response[:data]
end

def request( method, resource = nil, parameters = nil )
  options = {}

  if parameters
    if method == :get
      options[:params] = parameters
    else
      options[:body] = parameters.to_json
    end
  end
  options[:cookiejar]  = "#{Dir.tmpdir}/cookiejar.txt"
  options[:cookiefile] = options[:cookiejar]

  @last_response = Typhoeus.send(
    method,
    "http://127.0.0.1:7331/#{resource}",
    options
  )
end