First attempt at client

Author: cpetersen

Rakefile

@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rake
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+
+task :test => :spec
+task :default => :spec

lib/plos.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
+require "plos/client"
 require "plos/version"
-
-module Plos
-  # Your code goes here...
-end

lib/plos/client.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "rest_client"
+
+module PLOS
+  class Client
+    attr_accessor :api_key
+    attr_accessor :base_url
+
+    def initialize(api_key, base_url="http://api.plos.org")
+      self.api_key = api_key
+      self.base_url = base_url
+    end
+
+    def search(query)
+      execute( search_url, { :q => query } )
+    end
+
+    def search_url
+      "/search"
+    end
+
+    def execute(url, params={})
+      RestClient.post( "#{self.base_url}#{url}", { :api_key => self.api_key }.merge(params) )
+    end
+  end
+end

plos.gemspec

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.summary       = %q{TODO: Write a gem summary}
   gem.homepage      = ""
 
+  gem.add_dependency('rest-client')
+  gem.add_development_dependency('rake')
+  gem.add_development_dependency('rspec')
+
   gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split($\)
   gem.executables   = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})