Example of calling the Nearby Now API with Ruby using the rest-client gem. View the API Integration page for more examples: http://servicepros.nearbynow.co/plugins/api-integration/

nearbyreviews.rb

require 'rest-client'

#resource = 'https://api.sidebox.com/plugin/nearbyreviews'
resource = 'https://api.sidebox.com/plugin/servicearea'
html = RestClient.get resource, {
  :params => {
    'storefronttoken' => '{client_api_token}', 
    'state' => 'AZ',
    'city' => 'Phoenix',
    'count' => 20
  }
}

puts html

nearbyserviceareareviewcombo.rb

require 'rest-client'

resource = 'https://api.sidebox.com/plugin/nearbyserviceareareviewcombo'
html = RestClient.get resource, {
  :params => {
    'storefronttoken' => '{client_api_token}', 
    'state' => 'AZ',
    'city' => 'Phoenix',
    'checkincount' => 20,
    'reviewcount' => 20
  }
}

puts html