class TwitteRuby

# File lib/twitteruby.rb, line 6
def initialize(oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, api_base)
        @api_base = api_base # the base of all URIs for this API
        # Exchange our oauth_token and oauth_token secret for the AccessToken instance
        @access_token = get_access_token(oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret)
end

# File lib/twitteruby.rb, line 25
def method_missing(method_name, *args) 
        return request($1.to_sym, $2.gsub(/__/, '/'), args) if method_name =~ /^(post|get)_(.*)/ #only provide support for post_ and get_ missing methods
        super #chain to constructor incase not a post_ or get_
end

# File lib/twitteruby.rb, line 31
def parseJSON(json)
        return JSON.parse(json)
end

# File lib/twitteruby.rb, line 13
def request(method, call, args)
        call = "#{@api_base}#{call}.json?"    #it's OK to have an extraneous ? symbol in case of no args
        params = {}                                           #parameters used in POST calls, but passed empty to GET
        if(method == :get)                                    #modify the URL for GET calls
                args.each{|arg| arg.map{|k,v| call += "#{k}=#{v}&"}} #extraneous ampersands are OK
        else                                                          #build full hash of all parameters for POST calls
                args.each{|arg| params = params.merge(arg)}
        end
        return @access_token.request(method, call, params).body
end

# File lib/twitteruby.rb, line 39
def get_access_token(oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret)
        consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret,
        { :site => "http://api.twitter.com",
                :scheme => :header
        })
        # now create the access token object from passed values
        token_hash = { :oauth_token => oauth_token,
                :oauth_token_secret => oauth_token_secret
        }
        access_token = OAuth::AccessToken.from_hash(consumer, token_hash )
        return access_token
end