google-api-ruby-client/examples/buzz/README.md

Buzz Ruby Sample

This is a simple starter project written in Ruby which provides a minimal example of Buzz integration within a Sinatra web application.

Once you've run the starter project and played with the features it provides, this starter project provides a great place to start your experimentation into the API.

Prerequisites

Please make sure that all of these are installed before you try to run the sample.

• Ruby 1.8.7+
• Ruby Gems 1.3.7+
• Are you on a Mac? If so, be sure you have XCode 3.2+
• A few gems (run 'sudo gem install ' to install)
  • sinatra
  • httpadapter
  • extlib
  • dm-sqlite-adapter
  • google-api-ruby-client

Setup Authentication

This API uses OAuth 2.0. Learn more about Google APIs and OAuth 2.0 here: http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/docs/OAuth2.html

Or, if you'd like to dive right in, follow these steps.

• Visit https://code.google.com/apis/console/ to register your application.
• From the "Project Home" screen, activate access to "Buzz API".
• Click on "API Access" in the left column
• Click the button labeled "Create an OAuth2 client ID"
• Give your application a name and click "Next"
• Select "Web Application" as the "Application type"
• Under "Your Site or Hostname" select "http://" as the protocol and enter "localhost" for the domain name
• click "Create client ID"

Edit the buzz.rb file and enter the values for the following properties that you retrieved from the API Console:

• oauth_client_id
• oauth_client_secret

Or, include them in the command line as the first two arguments.

Running the Sample

I'm assuming you've checked out the code and are reading this from a local directory. If not check out the code to a local directory.

1. Start up the embedded Sinatra web server

   $ ruby buzz.rb

2. Open your web browser and see your activities! Go to http://localhost:4567/

3. Be inspired and start hacking an amazing new web app!