This library provides an interface to
upcoming.org for the
Ruby programming language. It was created by
Derek Greentree. Before messing around with it, you might want to look at the
API docs and get yourself an API key so that you can access the database from
whatever crazy thing you cook up.
Download it:
upcoming_ruby-0.3.zip
Here's a short example of how to use the library (copied from
here):
require 'upcoming/upcoming'
# substitute your values here
apiObj = Upcoming::Upcoming.new('api-key', 'auth_token')
# get a list of countries
countryList = apiObj.getCountryList
# find the US
unitedStates = countryList.find { |country| country.name == 'United States' }
# get a list of states
stateList = apiObj.getStateList(unitedStates.id)
# find Colorado
colorado = stateList.find { |state| state.name == 'Colorado' }
# get list of metros
metroList = apiObj.getMetroList(colorado.id)
# iterate through the list and print names
metroList.each { |metro| puts metro.name }
Results:
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Estes Park
Here's a changelog:
Changelog:
0.3 (6/4/06):
* removed username/password auth, replaced with token-based auth
* added cache mechanism to call.rb
* added UpcomingCache model for Ruby on Rails
* added support for geolocation arguments and attributes
* moved object defs into a new file (datatypes.rb)
Hi guys,
The old blog URL you have linked here isn't valid anymore - if you're interested it's now http://blog.leftwise.com/. Anyhow, anything I had listed about this package at my website is now obsolete, and Dan's version is what you should refer to.
Casey, yes i think so. Derek Greentree's site seems to be down at the time of writing.
Where exactly is the best place to put the unzipped upcoming folder in a Rails app? Inside lib?