= batchbook

http://github.com/batchblue/batchbook

== DESCRIPTION:

Wrapper for BatchBook XML API

== API

API : http://developer.batchblue.com/

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

Basic CRUD features for the data in your account: People, Companies, Communications, To-Dos.  Also custom methods for adding/removing Tags & SuperTags from a record, as well as updating SuperTag data for a particular record.

== TODO:

* Fix supertag creation + deletion
* Delete location methods for 'Person' & 'Company'

== SYNOPSIS:

require 'batchbook'
BatchBook.account = 'devo'
BatchBook.token = 'xyZ'

#In development to test the urls being used:
ActiveResource::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)

#also work for company
search_by_name = BatchBook::Person.find(:all, :params => {:name => 'will larson'} )
search_by_email = BatchBook::Person.find(:all, :params => {:email => [email protected]})

person = BatchBook::Person.find(5)
=> #<BatchBook::Person:0x1822c3c @attributes={"company"=>"BatchBlue Software", "title"=>"Software Developer", "id"=>5, "notes"=>nil, "first_name"=>"Will", "last_name"=>"Larson"}, @prefix_options={}>

person.tags
=> [#<BatchBook::Tag:0x1816f18 @attributes={"name"=>"batchblue", "id"=>2}, @prefix_options={}>]

person.locations
=> [#<BatchBook::Location:0x17cb7e8 @attributes={"city"=>"Seattle", "postal_code"=>"98101", "cell"=>"123-456-7890", "street_1"=>"123 Main Street", "street_2"=>nil, "country"=>"United States", "id"=>5, "website"=>"www.batchblue.com", "fax"=>nil, "phone"=>nil, "label"=>"work", "state"=>"WA", "email"=>"[email protected]"}, @prefix_options={}>]

person.location 'work'
=> #<BatchBook::Location:0x17cb7e8 @attributes={"city"=>"Seattle", "postal_code"=>"98101", "cell"=>"123-456-7890", "street_1"=>"123 Main Street", "street_2"=>nil, "country"=>"United States", "id"=>5, "website"=>"www.batchblue.com", "fax"=>nil, "phone"=>nil, "label"=>"work", "state"=>"WA", "email"=>"[email protected]"}, @prefix_options={}>

person.supertags
=> [#<BatchBook::SuperTag:0x17e5170 @attributes={"name"=>"reference", "id"=>5149}, @prefix_options={}>, #<BatchBook::SuperTag:0x17e515c @attributes={"name"=>"work schedule", "tuesday"=>"8-4", "wednesday"=>"9-5 PST", "thursday"=>"9-5 PST", "id"=>1948, "monday"=>"9-5 PST", "friday"=>"9-5 PST"}, @prefix_options={}>]

person.supertag 'work schedule'
=> #<BatchBook::SuperTag:0x17c7ea4 @attributes={"name"=>"work schedule", "tuesday"=>"8-4", "wednesday"=>"9-5 PST", "thursday"=>"9-5 PST", "id"=>1948, "monday"=>"9-5 PST", "friday"=>"9-5 PST"}, @prefix_options={}>

company = BatchBook::Company.find(:all, :params =>{:name => 'BatchBlue'}).first
=> #<BatchBook::Company:0x1762fcc @attributes={"name"=>"BatchBlue Software", "id"=>2, "notes"=>nil}, @prefix_options={}>

company.tags
=> []

company.supertags
=> []

company.locations
=> [#<BatchBook::Location:0x1737cb4 @attributes={"city"=>"Barrington", "postal_code"=>"02806", "cell"=>nil, "street_1"=>"18 Maple Ave.", "street_2"=>"Suite #300", "country"=>"United States", "id"=>622, "website"=>"http://batchblue.com", "fax"=>"(401) 633-6526", "phone"=>"(888) 402-2824", "label"=>"main", "email"=>"[email protected]", "state"=>"RI"}, @prefix_options={}>]

company.location 'main'
=> #<BatchBook::Location:0x17225bc @attributes={"city"=>"Barrington", "postal_code"=>"02806", "cell"=>nil, "street_1"=>"18 Maple Ave.", "street_2"=>"Suite #300", "country"=>"United States", "id"=>622, "website"=>"http://batchblue.com", "fax"=>"(401) 633-6526", "phone"=>"(888) 402-2824", "label"=>"main", "email"=>"[email protected]", "state"=>"RI"}, @prefix_options={}>

== ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

person = BatchBook::Person.new(:first_name => 'Test', :last_name => 'Name', :notes => "Created via batchbook API")
person.save

person.add_tag('some tag name')
person.remove_tag('some tag name')

person.add_location(  :email => '[email protected]', :phone => '1234 1234', :cell => '2345 2345', :fax => '5678 5678',
                      :street_1 => 'Test Street 1', :street_2 => 'Test Street 2', :city => 'Test City', :state => 'VIC',
                      :postal_code => '1234', :country => 'Australia')

== REQUIREMENTS:

activeresource

== INSTALL:

git clone git://github.com/batchblue/batchbook.git

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2009 BatchBlue Software

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