Google Instant Hangout

A Ruby wrapper to integrate Google's Instant Hangout - Instant Hangouts lets you easily add Google+ Hangouts to any web page:

The Hangout button lets you to launch a Google+ Hangout directly from your site. When you use the button, you can set up the Hangout in a variety of configurations. For example, you can specify Hangout apps that launch along with the Hangout and setup the Hangout as a regular Hangout or a Hangout On Air.

You can customize the Hangout button to meet the needs of your website by modifying the button size, loading the button when the page loads, or selectively showing the button using JavaScript.

Use of the Hangout button is subject to the Button Policy

Sample Application with usage can be found here

Add the gem to the Gemfile:

gem "google-instant-hangouts"    

In your JavaScript manifest (e.g. application.js):

//= require google-instant-hangouts

In your *.html.erb or *.html.haml you can use this helper

<%= instant_hangout %>

Pre-populates the topic field for Hangouts on Air. Note that users can change the topic of the Hangout after they have joined.

Add topic: 'My Hangout' as a option to the helper method

<%= instant_hangout topic: 'My Hangout' %>

Specifies what type of Hangout should be started. The following values are supported:

Add hangout_type: :type as a option to the helper method

<%= instant_hangout hangout_type: 'onair' %>

Specifies the width of the button. The default value is 136.

Add widget_size: 200 as a option to the helper method

<%= instant_hangout widget_size: 200 %>

Add lang: :en as a option to the helper method

<%= instant_hangout lang: :en %>

Note: Work In Progress