ruby_rest_request_gem

A Ruby gem to send REST Request (POST/PUT/GET/DELETE) to an API, get the response and print it nicely

Installation

Go to the website

https://rubygems.org/gems/rest_request

Gem Install

gem install rest_request

Or grab rest_request.rb and use the Class direclty on your own project:

$ wget https://raw.github.com/birkoff/ruby_rest_request_gem/master/lib/rest_request.rb

Tutorial

GET

require "rest_request"

=> true

url = "http://api.example.com/products/2405669"

=> "http://api.example.com/products/2405669"

RestRequest.set_header("Referer", "http://example.com")

=> "http://example.com"

response = RestRequest.send_request("GET", url)

=> "{"status_code":200,"message":"Success","data":[{"type":"music","id":"2405669","name":"product","status":"in_setup"}]}"

RestRequest.print_json(response)

=> { "status_code":200, "message":"Success", "data":[ { "type":"music", "id":"2405669", "name":"product", "status":"in_setup" } ] }

POST

require "rest_request"

=> true

url = "http://api.example.com/products/"

=> "http://api.example.com/products/"

data = '{"name":"created by ruby gem","type":"music"}'

=> "{"name":"created by ruby gem","type":"music"}"

response = RestRequest.send_request("POST", url, data)

=> "{"status_code":200,"message":"Success"}"

PUT

require "rest_request"

=> true

url = "http://api.example.com/products/2405669"

=> "http://api.example.com/products/2405669"

data ='{"name":"updated name by ruby"}'

=> "{"name":"updated name by ruby"}"

response = RestRequest.send_request("PUT", url, data)

=> "{"status_code":200,"message":"Success"}"

DELETE

require "rest_request"

=> true

url = "http://api.example.com/products/2405669"

=> "http://api.example.com/products/2405669"

response = RestRequest.send_request("DELETE", url)

=> "{"status_code":200,"message":"Success","data":true}"

Author

Hector Reyes Aleman <birkoff.h@gmail.com>.

Copyright

This is free software. See COPYING for more information.