See the samples for examples on how to use the client library for various services.
Ruby rest api client.
What matters is that we have a bunch of verbs to choose from which help to describe the actions we are taking.
It defaults to net http but you can change it like this.
The ruby toolbox lists no less than 25 http clients.
Now there is no right or wrong package to chose but in my experience restclient seemed to be the easiest to work with that said i haven t had the chance to check out all of the ruby packages related to rest.
Make an http get request to that url.
Let s look at how to retrieve and parse json results from a restful api using the four most popular ruby http libraries.
To generate from a local discovery file.
We ll use the spotify api because it allows requests without authentication.
Generate api gen outdir file path.
Upgrading to rest client 2 0 from 1 x.
A simple http and rest client for ruby inspired by the sinatra microframework style of specifying actions.
There are also several development dependencies.
Restclient is a ruby gem a gem is basically a library that contains specific pieces of functionality think of it like an sdk.
Let s first make a call using net http which is built into the ruby standard library.
For cloud endpoints or other apis not included in the gem ruby code can be generated from the discovery document.
Open your text editor and paste in the following code.
The rest client library or gem in ruby terminology is a fantastic rest library for ruby.
Get put post delete.
Contributions for additional samples are welcome.
It s recommended to use bundler to manage these dependencies for hacking on rest client.
Ruby rest api example.
However for our uses that doesn t matter.
Define a url to be parsed.
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Users are encouraged to upgrade to rest client 2 0 which cleans up a number of api warts and wrinkles making rest client generally more useful.
Ruby has more http client libraries then i can count on my fingers and toes.
Faraday allows you to choose any implementation from net http to typhoeus or even rest client all from the same interface.
In this section we will cover two.
It is easy to use for simple applications like this one but mature enough to handle more complex use cases such as handling http multi part.