gistfile1.rb

def prepare_user
    foursquare = Foursquare.new      #instatiate 
    response = foursquare.request '/v1/user.json', :get    #api method
    result = response.body  
    body = JSON.parse(result)  
    user = body['user']     #parse response and make user variable
    

   #this is where it gets hairy. how should I construct this hash so that I can easily pull out the uid param for verifification

    newuser[uid] = user['id']
    newuser[first] = user['firstname']
    newuser[last] = user['lastname']
    newuser[twitter] = user['twitter']

  end