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A Ruby parser for running searches on the iTunes Public API
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RiTunes ======= Welcome to the Ruby iTunes Search rake task. Now you can search the iTunes API for digital media or apps using Ruby & Rake! Requirements ------------ You will need Ruby 1.86 or higher. Rails is not required, but the following gems are needed: - Ruby Gems - Rake Gem (Ruby Make) - Mechanize Gem (HTTP Spoofer) - JSON Gem (JSON Parser) - Nokogiri Gem (XML Parser) A MySQL database is also needed for storing your search results. Features -------- Public or Private iTunes API Search Methods A library of bulk SQL import methods (taken from another LWE project, very useful!) Two example setups Limitations ------------ Public API searches work very well. However the private API search is a proof of concept for educational purposes only. The data format returned by the Private API is intended for consumption by the iTunes binary. It appears to be a kludge of XML data, embedded HTML, etc... all very custom. Feel free to build your own parser and contribute it back to RiTunes. :D Installation ------------ 1. Install Ruby 1.86+ and the Gems listed above (latest version should work) 2. Set your MySQL username/password/address in the "configure_ritunes" method 3. Modify or create your own search parameters, see "_example1.rb" and "_example2.rb" 4. Run from the command line as follows : `rake ritunes:search -src=_example1.rb` `rake ritunes:search_private -src=_example1.rb` To Do ----- 1. Include some example queries for getting your results out of the database. 2. Write a simple parser the iTunes Private API for educational purposes, blah blah blah.
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