Foursquared

Simple client library for Foursquare API V2 with OAuth2 authentication

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'foursquared'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install foursquared

Usage

OAuth2 Authentication

Foursquare OAuth2 authentication is integrated here. First you will have to initialize a Foursquared::OAuth::Client object with the client id, client secret and the callback url

oauth_client = Foursquared::OAuth::Client.new("your_client_id", "your_client_secret", "http://yourcallbackurl")

Obtain the authentication url 

auth_url = oauth_client.authorize_url

Redirect the user to the above obtained auth_url. After user gives access to your app, they will be redirected to the callback url with a 'code' parameter. Extract this code and get the access token by invoking the following method

access_token = oauth_client.get_access_token("the_extracted_code")

Instantiate a client

After getting the access token instantiate the Foursquared client

client = Foursquared::Client.new(:access_token => "your_acess_token")

For userless access you can skip the above step and instantiate the client with your client id and client secret. 

client = Foursquared::Client.new(:client_id => "your_client_id", :client_secret => "your_client_secret")

Features

  1. Every response item is an object. For example, every user will be a Foursquared::Response::User.
  2. Each object will have its own actions. For example you can friend, unfriend or deny the request from a user after retrieving the user object.

Examples

You can always navigate to the documentation for a list of all supported methods and available options.

Get user details

client.user(10230)

Get a venue details

venue = client.venue("4b2afcaaf964a5205bb324e3")

Checkin at a venue

You can use the above obtained Foursquared::Response::Venue object to checkin

venue.checkin(:broadcast => 'public', :ll => '36.142064,-86.816086', :shout => 'zomg coffee!1!')

You can also directly checkin at a venue providing its venue id.

client.add_checkin(:venueId => "4b2afcaaf964a5205bb324e3", :broadcast => 'public', :ll => '36.142064,-86.816086', :shout => 'zomg coffee!1!')

Todo

  • Add more tests
  • Improve documentation
  • Integrate more endpoints ## Contributing
  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request