marvelapi

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+module Marvel
+  class Client
+    HOST  = "https://gateway.marvel.com"
+    PRIVKEY = Configuration["api"]["private"]
+    PUBKEY = Configuration["api"]["public"]
+
+    def initialize
+      if PRIVKEY.nil? || PUBKEY.nil?
+        raise ArgumentError.new("You must set Marvel's api keys on config/config.yml")
+      end
+    end
+
+    def story(id)
+      dial("stories/#{id}").first
+    end
+
+    def characters_from_story(story_id)
+      dial("stories/#{story_id}/characters")
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def dial(endpoint)
+      response = HTTP::Client.get("#{HOST}/v1/public/#{endpoint}", parameters)
+
+      extract_results(response)
+    end
+
+    def extract_results(response)
+      unless response.nil?
+        response["data"]["results"]
+      end
+    end
+
+    def parameters
+      now = Time.now.to_i
+
+      {
+        "ts" => now,
+        "apikey" => PUBKEY,
+        "hash" => Digest::MD5.hexdigest("#{now}#{PRIVKEY}#{PUBKEY}")
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end