Set Up Your Ruby Environment
- Ensure that you have Ruby installed on your system, along with Bundler. This setup is crucial for managing Ruby gems that you'll use for API interaction.
- Install any necessary gems by initializing a new Ruby project and adding them to your Gemfile. Basecamp’s API typically works seamlessly with wrappers like 'faraday' or 'httparty'.
bundle init
echo "gem 'faraday'" >> Gemfile
bundle install
Authenticate with Basecamp API
- Basecamp uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and different types of tokens based on whether you require user authorization or direct application communication. Register your application to get credentials.
- For personal access, visit Basecamp's site for obtaining a personal access token or create an OAuth application to obtain client ID and secret for non-personal access.
require 'faraday'
BASECAMP_ACCESS_TOKEN = 'your_personal_access_token'
conn = Faraday.new(url: 'https://3.basecampapi.com') do |faraday|
faraday.headers['Authorization'] = "Bearer #{BASECAMP_ACCESS_TOKEN}"
faraday.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
end
Explore Basecamp API Endpoints
- Basecamp API v3 provides several project management resources such as projects, to-dos, and messages. Familiarize yourself with these endpoints using their documentation.
- Each request to the API requires an account ID in the URL path. Account IDs can be accessed through the identity endpoint.
response = conn.get('/identity.json')
account_id = JSON.parse(response.body)['accounts'].first['id']
projects_response = conn.get("/#{account_id}/projects.json")
projects = JSON.parse(projects_response.body)
puts projects
Interacting with Projects and To-Dos
- To interact with project resources such as creating new to-dos or listing existing ones, you need to know the project ID.
- The following examples demonstrate how to list, create, and manipulate projects and to-dos.
# List To-Dos for a specific project
project_id = projects.first['id']
todos_response = conn.get("/#{account_id}/buckets/#{project_id}/todosets/active/todolists.json")
todos = JSON.parse(todos_response.body)
puts todos
# Create a To-Do in a project
todo_list_id = todos.first['id']
new_todo = { content: "New task from API", due_at: "2023-12-31T23:59:59Z"}
conn.post("/#{account_id}/buckets/#{project_id}/todosets/#{todo_list_id}/todos.json", new_todo.to_json)
Error Handling and Debugging
- Implement error handling to manage issues such as invalid credentials or rate limiting. Basecamp API returns relevant HTTP status codes and error messages.
- Use Faraday’s middleware for logging and debugging HTTP requests and responses to streamline error diagnosis.
conn = Faraday.new(url: 'https://3.basecampapi.com') do |faraday|
faraday.request :url_encoded
faraday.response :logger # To log request and response
faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
end
