Ant client

The ant-client gem provides a simple way to access to Ant.com open API.

Installation

Install the lastest stable release:

[sudo] gem install ant-client

In rails, add it to you Gemfile:

gem 'ant-client', :require => 'ant_client'

Usage

HMAC module

The ant-client gem includes a useful HMAC module that can generates and verify security tokens.

• The module Ant::HMAC can be mixed in another class or used as separate module with methods

Ant::HMAC.generate_secret
  # generates random token secret 32 symbols length
Ant::HMAC.hmac secret, {id: 1, ts: Time.now.to_i}
  # generates SHA1 token that can be verified later
  # requires mandatory id and ts parameters
Ant::HMAC.verify? object, {id: 1, ts: timestamp, token: token}
  # verifies token that was generated before
  # requires object that should respond to api_key method which returns secret
  # id, ts, token that were generated before
  # returns object if tokens are equal

Command line

Ant cmd line is cmd tool to manage Bookmarks, show Weblink and Library for Ant.com.

• show help and usage type:

ant
ant --help

• create show weblink:

ant weblink create 1 izwkXcOeiyn4yWBCnnyaSmMUGvxp5h35 google.com --server localhost:3000
ant weblink show 1 izwkXcOeiyn4yWBCnnyaSmMUGvxp5h36 80 --server localhost:3000

• create show library:

ant library create 1 izwkXcOeiyn4yWBCnnyaSmMUGvxp5h36 cmd_lib hello --server localhost:3000
ant library show 1 izwkXcOeiyn4yWBCnnyaSmMUGvxp5h36 1 --server localhost:3000

TODO:

1. pending tests and tests for Ant::Client, Ant::Command
2. add comments and generate documentation for Ant::Client and cmd
3. add more restfool actions
4. refactor code

Ant.com ruby client