IBM Connections prototypin an REST client

Documentation

• http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf/xpAPIViewer.xsp?lookupName=IBM+Connections+5.0+API+Documentation#action=openDocument&res_title=Updating_a_status_message_ic50&content=apicontent
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16230814/how-to-update-user-status-message-to-ibm-connections-lotus-connection-api?rq=1

Examples

CURL

DATA="
<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> \
<title type='text'>From linux shell:</title>   \
<content type="text">$1</content>   \
<category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type" term="entry" />    \
<category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/message-type" term="status" />   \
</entry>
"


curl --user 'petr_xxx@xx.ibm.com' -H "Content-Type: application/atom+xml" -d "$DATA" -X PUT "https://w3-connections.ibm.com/profiles/atom/mv/theboard/entry/status.do"

Ruby

    class IbmConnections

      def initialize(username, password)
        @username = username
        @password = password
      end

      def post_status_message
        require 'rest_client'
        atom  = "
        <entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
        <title type='text'>Hi</title>
        <category term='entry' scheme='http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type' />
        <category term='status' scheme='http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/message-type' />
        <content type='text'>Morning! Have a nice day ahead!</content>
        </entry>"

        begin
          url  = "https://w3-connections.ibm.com/profiles/atom/mv/theboard/entry/status.do"
          resource = authenticate url, @username, @password
          response = resource.put atom, :content_type => 'application/atom+xml'
          if response.empty?
            return {:success => 'true', :message => "Successfully update your status!", :data => atom}
          else
            return {:success => 'false', :message => "Error occurred while posting to Connections! <br /> Please contact the administrator.", :data => atom}
          end
        rescue => error
          logger.debug "Error: IbmConnections.post_it_connections(2)"
          logger.debug error.inspect
          return {:success => 'false', :message => "Error occurred while posting to Connections! <br /> Please contact the administrator.", :data => error.inspect}
        end
      end

      def authenticate url, username, password
        auth = 'Basic ' + Base64.strict_encode64("#{username}:#{password}")
        RestClient::Resource.new(url, { :headers => { 'Authorization' => auth } } )
      end
    end