Twitter status sanity

gistfile1.rb

require 'json'
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

status = JSON.parse Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse("http://api.twitter.com/1/account/rate_limit_status.json"))
red, green, reset = "\e[31m", "\e[32m", "\e[0m"
wait = (Time.at(status["reset_time_in_seconds"].to_i) - Time.now).to_i
if (hits = status["remaining_hits"]).zero?
  puts "#{red}Oops#{reset}, seems you have to wait another #{red}#{wait / 60} mins, #{wait % 60} secs#{reset}."
else
  puts "#{green}Good!#{reset}, you still have #{green}#{hits}#{reset} left for the next #{green}#{wait / 60} mins, #{wait % 60} secs#{reset}."
end