require 'rubygems' require 'activesupport' dir = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')) require File.join(dir, 'httparty') require 'pp' config = YAML::load(File.read(File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.aaws'))) module AAWS class Book include HTTParty base_uri 'http://ecs.amazonaws.com' default_params :Service => 'AWSECommerceService', :Operation => 'ItemSearch', :SearchIndex => 'Books' def initialize(key) self.class.default_params :AWSAccessKeyId => key end def search(options={}) raise ArgumentError, 'You must search for something' if options[:query].blank? # amazon uses nasty camelized query params options[:query] = options[:query].inject({}) { |h, q| h[q[0].to_s.camelize] = q[1]; h } # make a request and return the items (NOTE: this doesn't handle errors at this point) self.class.get('/onca/xml', options)['ItemSearchResponse']['Items'] end end end aaws = AAWS::Book.new(config[:access_key]) pp aaws.search(:query => {:title => 'Ruby On Rails'})