Socialcast API examples

apiexamples.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'rest_client'
require 'json'
require 'logger'
require 'pp'

class VhackDemo
  def self.request(method, path, request_params)
    RestClient.log = Logger.new(STDOUT)
    url = ['https://', 'demo.socialcast.com', path].join
    basic_auth_options = {:user => 'emily@socialcast.com', :password => 'demo'}
    resource = RestClient::Resource.new url, basic_auth_options
    response = resource.send(method.to_sym, request_params)
    puts response.body
    JSON.parse(response.body)
  rescue => e
    puts e.message
  end
end

pp VhackDemo.request(:get, '/api/messages.json', {})

response = VhackDemo.request(:post, '/api/messages.json', {:message => {:body => 'From the api'}})
pp response

pp VhackDemo.request(:put, "/api/messages/#{response["message"]["id"]}.json", {:message => {:body => 'Changed from the api'}})

pp VhackDemo.request(:delete, "/api/messages/#{response["message"]["id"]}.json", {})