From: Pierre Lecocq <pierre.lecocq@...>
Date: 2010-02-03T00:51:32+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie question - RESTful web service book

Pierre Lecocq wrote:
> 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.
>>

Erf ...

in fact, it is written in the book, 2 lines above the example you copied 
...
(http://caliban.org/ruby/ruby-amazon.shtml)

Juste 2 lines.

> 
> 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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