example http android jruby

snippit.rb

  # REST METHODS
  # takes a block of HttpGet/Put/Post/Delete 
  def self.get(&block)
    options = self.load_preferences
    client = DefaultHttpClient.new
    params = BasicHttpParams.new
    HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(params, HttpVersion::HTTP_1_1);
    HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, "UTF_8");
    HttpProtocolParams.setUseExpectContinue(params, false);
    client.setParams(params)
    creds = "#{options[:email]}:#{options[:pass]}"
    base_64_creds = Base64.b64encode(creds).chomp
    request = yield(options)
    request.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + base_64_creds)
    response_handler = BasicResponseHandler.new
    response = client.execute(request, response_handler)
  end

  def self.get_deployments
    response = get { |options| HttpGet.new("https://my.rightscale.com/api/acct/#{options[:account_id]}/deployments.js?api_version=1.0") }
    result = parse_deployments_json(response)
    # if we got this far, save them off to the cache
    save_deployments(response)
    result
  end