Nuno’s smallr.net API talks JSON. So what about accessing it with Ruby ?
Well, quite easy thanks to Florian’s JSON implementation for Ruby. So:

$ sudo gem install json_pure

Now, just need some attention on the use of the address / (slash) just after json and before the query, or you’ll get a HTTP 301 Status Code.
Code follows:

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/http'
require 'json/pure'

url = 'http://www.google.pt/search?q=json+ruby'
escaped_url = URI.escape(url, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]"))
call = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse("http://smallr.net/json/?url=#{escaped_url}"))
res = JSON.parse(call.body)

puts res['status'] # ok
puts res['url'] # http://smallr.net/925

posted by pedro at 10:32 pm & filed under ruby, code |