This post is from one of several previous incarnations of this site and probably doesn’t quite fit the current format. In a former life this was a group blog and a tumblelog before it became a static jekyll site. If anything looks broken or is worded oddly that could be why. Pardon the dust.
Seeing the name of this ruby gem popping up all over. Wrap HTTParty in a class for an incredibly short, quick-start web service API library (and the examples included look they cover all my current requirements. Sold!)