Chapter 11. The REST Interface

require 'net/http'

http = Net::HTTP.new('localhost', 8080)

#An example of how to create a new entry

http.post('/rest/MyData/MyKey', 'DATA_HERE', {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"})

#An example of using a GET operation to retrieve the key

puts http.get('/rest/MyData/MyKey').body

#An Example of using a PUT operation to overwrite the key

http.put('/rest/MyData/MyKey', 'MORE DATA', {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"})

#An example of Removing the remote copy of the key

http.delete('/rest/MyData/MyKey')

#An example of creating binary data

http.put('/rest/MyImages/Image.png', File.read('/Users/michaelneale/logo.png'), {"Content-Type" => "image/png"})

require 'net/http'

http = Net::HTTP.new('localhost', 8080)

#An example of how to create a new entry

http.post('/rest/MyData/MyKey', 'DATA_HERE', {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"})

#An example of using a GET operation to retrieve the key

puts http.get('/rest/MyData/MyKey').body

#An Example of using a PUT operation to overwrite the key

http.put('/rest/MyData/MyKey', 'MORE DATA', {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"})

#An example of Removing the remote copy of the key

http.delete('/rest/MyData/MyKey')

#An example of creating binary data

http.put('/rest/MyImages/Image.png', File.read('/Users/michaelneale/logo.png'), {"Content-Type" => "image/png"})