Basic Assistly API Case Export

case_export.rb

# Ruby example for exporting Cases to CSV
#   requires ruby version 1.9.2
#   requires oauth and json gems (gem install oauth json)

require "rubygems"
require "oauth"
require "json"
require "csv"

ASSISTLY_DOMAIN = "domain.assistly.com"

CONSUMER_TOKEN = "aMu4u9pLRfDrxhPVK5yn"
CONSUMER_SECRET = "aLr9MjzowzVwbvREpWhIVQMJQI0G7Pin6KHCoXak"
ACCESS_TOKEN = "avouGxpsJbyIU5viPKOO"
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = "agQY0L2bcbwonZTC4kG5ulZxTMTDW0K0zIyceSuF"

# Perform request, retrying on errors
def request(method, uri)
  puts "* requesting #{method.upcase} #{uri}"
  response = @access_token.send(method, uri)
  json = JSON.parse(response.body)

  while response.code.to_s !~ /^2/
    puts "* waiting 60 seconds due to an error: #{json['error']}"
    sleep(60)
    puts "* retrying #{method.upcase} #{uri}"
    response = @access_token.send(method, uri)
    json = JSON.parse(response.body)
  end

  json
end

# Build OAuth Consumer/Token for making signed requests
@consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(
        CONSUMER_TOKEN,
        CONSUMER_SECRET,
        :site => "https://#{ASSISTLY_DOMAIN}",
        :scheme => :header
)
@access_token = OAuth::AccessToken.from_hash(
        @consumer,
        :oauth_token => ACCESS_TOKEN,
        :oauth_token_secret => ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
)


# Fetch first 100 cases
json = request(:get, "/api/v1/cases.json?count=100")
current_page = json['page']
cases = json['results']

# Open a CSV for writing cases
CSV.open("cases.csv", "wb") do |csv|
  while cases && cases.any?

    # Write cases to CSV
    cases.each do |json|
      csv << [json['case']['id'], json['case']['subject']]
    end

    # Fetch next 100 cases
    response = request(:get, "/api/v1/cases.json?count=100&page=#{current_page + 1}")
    current_page = response['page']
    cases = response['results']
  end
end