w/HTTParty

github-api-practice.rb

require 'json'
require 'httparty'

class Github
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'http://github.com/api/v2/json'

  # @param [String] username GitHub username
  # @param [String] password Password or API token
  def initialize(username, password)
    @auth = { :username => username, :password => password }
  end

  # @param [String] username GitHub username
  # @return [Hash]
  def show_user(username)
    response = self.class.get("/user/show/#{username}", { :basic_auth => @auth })
    JSON.parse(response.body)
  end

  # @param [String] username GitHub username
  # @param [Hash] values
  def update_user(username, values)
    options = {
      :basic_auth => @auth,
      :query => {
        :values => values,
      },
    }
    self.class.post("/user/show/#{username}", options)
  end
end

gh = Github.new('username', 'password')  # or Github.new('username/token', 'api_token')
p gh.show_user('username')
p gh.update_user('username', { 'location' => 'Redwood City, CA' })
p gh.show_user('username')