usage example of smugmugr for a Rails 2.3.2 app

gistfile1.rb

# /config/environment.rb

config.gem "fermion-smugmugr",
    :lib => 'smugmugr',
    :source => 'http://gems.github.com',
    :version => "=0.2.0"

# /config/initializers/smugmugr.rb

SMUG_CONFIG = {
  :email => 'rob.sterner@gmail.com',
  :password => '*****************',
  :api_key => '**********************'
}

# /app/models/cached_album.rb

me = Smugmugr::User.new(SMUG_CONFIG[:api_key], :email => SMUG_CONFIG[:email], :password => SMUG_CONFIG[:password])

# followed by something like:

CachedAlbum.transaction do
  smug_albums = me.albums(:LastUpdated, :ImageCount, :Description, :Public, :Password, :PasswordHint)
  smug_albums.each{ |smug_album|
    next unless smug_album.category.name == "Blog"
    if CachedAlbum.exists?(:album_id => smug_album.id)
      ca = CachedAlbum.find_by_album_id(smug_album.id)
    
      if out_of_sync?(ca, smug_album)
        ca.update_attributes(extract_attributes!(smug_album))
        CachedAsset.sync(ca, smug_album)
      end
    else
      # create
      ca = CachedAlbum.create(extract_attributes!(smug_album))
      CachedAsset.sync(ca, smug_album)
    end
  }
  # cleanup deleted albums
  if smug_albums.any?
    CachedAlbum.all(:conditions => "album_id NOT IN (#{smug_albums.collect(&:id).join(',')})").each(&:destroy)
  else
    CachedAlbum.destroy_all
  end
end