RJab: a Ruby library for Jabbify

Jabbify is a simple messaging service that one can plug into their website with a few lines of Javascript. At the heart of Jabbify is a centralized, ready-to-use Comet server.

You can utilize their Comet service via the Javascript API, or by creating a simple GET or POST request along with the necessary parameters. This library attempts to simplify creation of that request.

$ sudo gem install rjab

require 'rubygems'
require 'jabbify'

If you only make one message delivery in your app, you might find it easiest to use the class method:

Jabbify::Comet.deliver(
  :api_key => 'YourApiKeyGoesHere',
  :type    => :type_of_delivery,
  :action  => :action_of_delivery,
  :name    => 'John Doe',
  :message => 'This is the message!',
  :to      => 'Jane Doe',
)

More commonly, you will instantiate an instance of Jabbify::Comet with a few customized attributes. Keep in mind that there a few default attributes set for you; they are denoted below. Then you can just call #deliver whenever you're ready, passing in a couple more attributes which will only be used during the delivery:

custom_attributes = {
  :api_key => 'YourApiKeyGoesHere',
  :name    => 'The Server'
}

@comet = Jabbify::Comet.new(custom_attributes)

if @comet.deliver(:message => "A special message at #{ Time.now.to_s }")
  # do something
else
  # do something else
end