gistfile1.rb

require 'rest_client'
require 'digest/sha1'
require 'base64'
require 'xmlsimple'

##time
time = Time.new
month = time.month
day = time.day
hour = time.hour
minute = time.min
second = time.sec
if day.length < 2
  day = "0#{day}"
end
if month.length < 2
  month = "0#{month}"
end
if hour.length < 2
  hour = "0#{hour}"
end
if minute.length < 2
  minute = "0#{minute}"
end
if second.length < 2
  second = "0#{second}"
end
##end time

userkey = "ZX+wTKV08HbFGTMmPZYP"
secretkey = "0TVQ/gWUFmR4H56nUmzLdMcbI/HNwbLXtDgEJlEp"

timestamp= "#{time.year}" + "0#{time.month}" + "#{time.day}" + "#{time.hour}" + "#{time.min}" + "#{time.sec}"

#*****************info for header*******************************
useragent = "Volusion"
data_to_sign = userkey + useragent + timestamp+ secretkey
hash = Base64.encode64(Digest::SHA1.digest(data_to_sign))
signature = userkey + ":" + timestamp + ":" + hash
#*********end info for header *****************

##-------------function to read from file and write to new file if it exists in rackspace--------
file = File.open("descrep.txt", "r")
contents = file.read
fixedcontents =contents.split ","
fixedcontents.each do |x|

  url = "https://api.emailsrvr.com/v0/customers?startswith=#{x}"
  res = RestClient.get(url, headers={'User-Agent' => 'Volusion','X-Api-Signature' => signature})
#xml parse
  parsed = XmlSimple.xml_in(res)
#end xml parse
  fname = "returned_from_descrep.txt"
  somefile = File.open(fname, 'a')
  somefile.puts parsed

  if x.length > 1
    sleep (1)
  else
    somefile.close
  end
  endclass
end