gistfile1.rb

get '/user' do
 
  foursquare = Foursquare.new
  response = foursquare.request '/v1/user.json', :get
  result = response.body
  body = JSON.parse(result)
  user = body['user']

  return user['firstname'] # works

  @user = {:uid => user['id'], :first => user['firstname'], :last => user['lastname'], :twitter => user['twitter']}

  
  return @user[:first]   # doesn't work
  

end