HTTParty
Makes http fun again! Ain't no party like a httparty, because a httparty don't stop.
Install
gem install httparty
Examples
# Use the class methods to get down to business quickly
response = HTTParty.get('http://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions?site=stackoverflow')
puts response.body, response.code, response.message, response.headers.inspect
# Or wrap things up in your own class
class StackExchange
include HTTParty
base_uri 'api.stackexchange.com'
def initialize(service, page)
@options = { query: { site: service, page: page } }
end
def questions
self.class.get("/2.2/questions", @options)
end
def users
self.class.get("/2.2/users", @options)
end
end
stack_exchange = StackExchange.new("stackoverflow", 1)
puts stack_exchange.questions
puts stack_exchange.users
See the examples directory for even more goodies.
Command Line Interface
httparty also includes the executable httparty which can be used to query web services and examine the resulting output. By default it will output the response as a pretty-printed Ruby object (useful for grokking the structure of output). This can also be overridden to output formatted XML or JSON. Execute httparty --helpfor all the options.
Here is an example of how easy it is.
httparty "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions?site=stackoverflow"