howcast-howcast

Howcast API Ruby Wrapper

Copyright (c) 2008 Howcast Media Inc.

Author: Jingshen Jimmy Zhang [e-mail]

Installing

sudo gem install howcast-howcast

Example

require 'rubygems'
require 'howcast'

hc = Howcast::Client.new(:key => "INSERT API KEY HERE")
# Will print out the video titles of the first page of recent howcast studios videos
puts "Recent Howcast Studios Videos"
hc.videos.each do |v|
  puts v.title
end

puts "2nd Page of Top Rated Videos"
# Will print out the video titles of the 2nd page of top rated videos
hc.videos(:page => 2, :sort => "top_rated", :filter => "all").each do |v|
  puts v.title
end

puts "Videos matching 'origami'"
hc.search("origami").each do |v|
  puts v.title
end

puts "Video with id 946"
puts hc.video(946).title

# Category API
piano = hc.category(1105)
puts "The parent category of Piano is #{hc.category(piano.parent_id).name}"

ancestors = piano.parents.map{|c| c[:name]}
# Ancestors will be an array of hash metadata: 
# => [{:name=>"Performing Arts", :id=>"1048"}, 
#     {:name=>"Musical Instruments", :id=>"1095"}, 
#     {:name=>"Keyboards", :id=>"1103"}]
puts "The ancestors of piano are: #{ancestors.join(" -> ")}"