RescueGroups API Request Example

rescuegroups_api_example.rb

require 'httparty'

API_KEY = ''

data = {
  apikey: API_KEY,
  objectType: "animals",
  objectAction: "publicSearch",
  search: {
    resultStart: 0,
    resultLimit: 20,
    resultSort: "animalID",
    resultOrder: "asc",
    calcFoundRows: "Yes",
    filters: [
      {
        fieldName: "animalStatus",
        operation: "equals",
        criteria: "Available",
      },
      {
        fieldName: "animalSpecies",
        operation: "equals",
        criteria: "dog",
      },
      {
        fieldName: "animalLocation",
        operation: "equals",
        criteria: "92117",
      },
      {
        fieldName: "animalLocationDistance",
        operation: "radius",
        criteria: "30",
      },
    ],
    fields: [ "animalID","animalOrgID","animalName","animalBreed","animalLocation" ]
  }
}

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
}

response = HTTParty.post 'https://api.rescuegroups.org/http/json',
  headers: headers, body: data.to_json