Basecamp API Rails
- by dannymcc
Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if someone could do me massive favour..
I really don't understand how to make use of API's - so I was wondering if, using Basecamp as an example, someone could talk me though the basics.
So far I have an application with a dashboard controller/view, I have put basecamp.rb into my /lib directory, added the following to my application_controller:
def basecamp_connect
Basecamp.establish_connection!('XXXXXX.basecamphq.com', 'USER', 'PASS', false)
@basecamp = Basecamp.new
end
Obviously changing the required parts to my credentials.
Next up I have added the following to my dashboard_controller:
def index
Basecamp::TodoList.find(:all)
end
Next I presume I have to somehow list the Todo's on the dashboard using some sort of loop.
Am I doing the right thing, if so - how on earth do I display all the todo items and if not - what am I doing wrong/missing.
It doesn't have to be todo's, anything from basecamp or any other popular API service would be a good start. It's just that I happen to have a basecamp account!
Thanks,
Danny
