Collins::Client

The collins_client gem provides a library for API access to Collins.

First install rvm

$ bash -s stable < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer)
$ source ~/.bash_profile
$ rvm requirements
$ rvm install 1.9.3
$ rvm use 1.9.3

Install the collins gem and use it

$ gem install collins_client

Remember, if you don't have 1.9.3 set as the default, before you use collins you'll need to do rvm use 1.9.3.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'collins_client'
config = {:username => "foo", :password => "bar", :host => "http://127.0.0.1:8080"}
client = Collins::Client.new config
client.find :HOSTNAME => /^abc.*/

If you are implementing support for a new API endpoint, and that endpoint requires an asset tag, please observe the standard of having the method parameter be named asset_or_tag. For instance do:

def new_method asset_or_tag
  # some work
end

and not

def new_method an_asset
  # some work
end

The AssetClient class depends on this naming convention to know how to appropriately proxy method calls to the collins client instance.