From: Pierre Lecocq <pierre.lecocq@...>
Date: 2010-02-02T18:17:06+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie question - RESTful web service book

Brian Wolf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to ruby, reading a book,  "RESTful Web Services" by Richardson
> and Ruby
> On page 2,they have this:
> 
> 
> 
> #!/usr/bin/ruby -w
> # amazon-book-search.rb
> require 'amazon/search'
> if ARGV.size != 2
> puts "Usage: #{$0} [Amazon Web Services AccessKey ID] [text to search 
> for]"
> exit
> end
> access_key, search_request = ARGV
> req = Amazon::Search::Request.new(access_key)
> 
> 
> my question is what is "require 'amazon/search' " ?, It isnt defined in
> the book as far as I can see. The out program won't run without it.
> 

Hello,

If you type this command, you will see all the gem packages available 
for amazon:

sudo gem list --remote | grep amazon

YOu choose he right one and then type:

sudo gem install <the gem name>

And you are done.

Regards,
Pierre

> Thanks
> Brian

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