covercake web service api client in ruby

gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
#install the following gems
require 'json'
require 'rest_client'

API_KEY="your_key_here"

response = RestClient.get "https://covercake.com/api/v1/feeds",  {:params => {:key => API_KEY}}
j = JSON::parse(response)
#p response
unless j['status'] =~ /OK/i
  puts "error : #{j['status_text']}"
  exit
end

#p j

# get feeds, pick a random feed
feeds = j['feeds']
feed1 = feeds[4]

puts "feed: [#{feed1['id']}] #{feed1['name']}"


response = RestClient.get "https://covercake.com/api/v1/feed_info",  {:params => {:key => API_KEY, :id => feed1['id']}}
j = JSON::parse(response)
unless j['status'] =~ /OK/i
  puts "error : #{j['status_text']}"
  exit
end

featurings = j['featurings']
#pick the first featuring
featuring1 = featurings[0]
#p featuring1

#extract the book info
book1 = featuring1['book']

puts "Featured date : #{featuring1['featured_date']},  book : #{book1['title']}"

#get more data about the book
response = RestClient.get "https://covercake.com/api/v1/book_info",  {:params => {:key => API_KEY, :id => book1['id']}}
j = JSON::parse(response)
unless j['status'] =~ /OK/i
  puts "error : #{j['status_text']}"
  exit
end

#p j
book = j['book']
puts "book isbn: #{book['isbn10']}"
puts "this book has been featured #{j['featurings'].count}  times"