Klout

Ruby wrapper for the Klout REST API

Installation

Klout is available through Rubygems and can be installed via:

gem install klout-rb

Usage

Configure API key

Klout::Client.configure do |config|
  config.api_key = "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
end

Get users klout score

Klout::Client.score("ladygaga", "davidguetta").map do |user|
  "#{user.twitter_screen_name}: #{user.kscore}"
end

Get users klout profile

Klout::Client.score("ladygaga", "davidguetta").map do |user|
  "#{user.twitter_screen_name}: #{user.score.true_reach}"
end

Get users topics

Klout::Client.topics("ladygaga", "davidguetta").map do |user|
  "#{user.twitter_screen_name}: #{user.topics.join(',')}"
end

Get users influencers

Klout::Client.influenced_by("ladygaga", "davidguetta").map do |user|
  "#{user.twitter_screen_name}: #{user.influencers.map { |i| i.twitter_screen_name }.join(',')}"
end

Get users influencees

Klout::Client.influencer_of("ladygaga", "davidguetta").map do |user|
  "#{user.twitter_screen_name}: #{user.influencees.map { |i| i.twitter_screen_name }.join(',')}"
end

Performance

Klout-rb uses multi_json for parsing JSON responses and HTTPI for making HTTP requests.

You can use yajl and httpclient for better performance.