gistfile1.rb

helper_method :get_last_commit
def get_last_commit
  require 'cobravsmongoose'
  require 'open-uri'
 
  response = open("http://github.com/api/v1/xml/lennartkoopmann/scopeport-server/commits/master").read
  commits = CobraVsMongoose.xml_to_hash(response)

  author_name = commits["commits"]["commit"][0]["author"]["name"]["$"]
  message = commits["commits"]["commit"][0]["message"]["$"]
  url = commits["commits"]["commit"][0]["url"]["$"]
  date = commits["commits"]["commit"][0]["committed-date"]["$"]

  return "\"#{message}\" at #{date} by #{author_name} - <a href=\"#{url}\">more information</a>"
end