Using Ruby oauth gem to access Netflix

The example at Mandarin Soda didn't work for the latest version of the Ruby oauth gem (version 0.3.2.2 as of this writing). Took me a day to work out all the differences. The slightly alter code is a gist on GitHub (and reproduced here).

	require 'oauth/consumer'
	# need to define methods: app_name, developer_key, developer_secret
	consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(developer_key,
	developer_secret,
	:site => "http://api.netflix.com",
	:request_token_url => "http://api.netflix.com/oauth/request_token",
	:access_token_url => "http://api.netflix.com/oauth/access_token",
	:authorize_url => "https://api-user.netflix.com/oauth/login")
	request_token = consumer.get_request_token
	# (optional) :oauth_callback => redirect_url
	url = request_token.authorize_url(:oauth_consumer_key => developer_key,
	:application_name => app_name)
	`firefox -url "#{url}"`
	# wait until you're done with firefox; otherwise, access token will be nil
	access_token = request_token.get_access_token
	# xml
	response = access_token.get "/users/#{access_token.params[:user_id]}"
	xml = response.body
	# JSON
	response = access_token.get "/users/#{access_token.params[:user_id]}?output=json"
	json = response.body

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The differences are:

• :request_token_url is http instead of https
• access_token.response is a subclass of Net::HTTPResponse so there's no access_token.response[:user_id]; rather, you get the user ID with access_token.params[:user_id]
• using access_token.get(url) instead of consumer.request(:get, url, access_token, {:scheme => :query_string}) but I think they're the same (and the latter still works)