enstratus_helper
enstratus_helper is a simple ruby class that helps making request to enStratus web service easier. With enstratus_helper, you only have to specify the resource you want to request, and it will handle the signature generation & HTTP header initialization for you.
Usage
require 'enstratus_helper'
access_key = "my_access_key"
secret_key = "super_secret_key"
ehelper = EnstratusHelper.new(:access_key => access_key, :secret_key => secret_key)
# You can specify whether to use json or xml format
ehelper = EnstratusHelper.new(:access_key => access_key, :secret_key => secret_key, :accept => 'application/json')
# Example of doing GET requests
puts ehelper.request :get, 'http://api.enstratus.com/api/enstratus/2011-02-24/geography/Region'
puts ehelper.request :get, 'http://api.enstratus.com/api/enstratus/2011-02-24/infrastructure/MachineImage?regionId=my_region_id'
puts ehelper.request :get, 'http://api.enstratus.com/api/enstratus/2011-02-24/infrastructure/Server'
# You can explicitly define GET request header. Here, we're explicitly specifying the format to be JSON
#puts ehelper.request :get, 'http://api.enstratus.com/api/enstratus/2011-02-24/admin/BillingCode', :header => {'Accept' => 'application/json'}
# Example of doing POST requests
xml_data =<<EOF
<addBillingCode>
<billingCode>
<name>API Dev 1</name>
<financeCode>API 1</financeCode>
<description>API Development</description>
<softQuota>USD50.00</softQuota>
</billingCode>
</addBillingCode>
EOF
json_data = {:addBillingCode => {:billingCode => {:name => 'API 3', :financeCode => "API 3", :description => "description", :softQuota => 'USD11.01', :hardQuota => 'USD11.11'}}}.to_json
ehelper.request :post, 'http://api.enstratus.com/api/enstratus/2011-02-24/admin/BillingCode', :data => xml_data
ehelper.request :post, 'http://api.enstratus.com/api/enstratus/2011-02-24/admin/BillingCode', :data => xml_data, :header => {'Accept' => 'application/xml'}
ehelper.request :post, 'http://api.enstratus.com/api/enstratus/2011-02-24/admin/BillingCode', :data => json_data, :header => {'Accept' => 'application/json'}