typekitty

Ruby client for the Adobe Typekit API

Installation

$ gem install typekitty

Usage

You can access the Typekit API directly within Ruby or from your terminal.

To access the API within Ruby, continue reading; otherwise read the CLI section.

Ruby

The API requires Ruby 1.9.3 or greater.

Common Tasks

• Listing Kits
• Getting Information About the Draft Version of a Kit
• Listing Font Libraries

Require the Gem

require'typekitty'

Authenticating Requests

The ENV['TYPEKIT_TOKEN'] variable represents a Typekit API Token, which you may obtain on the tokens page.

The variable is used to authenticate requests. It must be set in order for your requests to authenticate properly.

An example could be:

ENV['TYPEKIT_TOKEN']='my_secret_token'

Kits

Listing Kits

Typekitty::Kit.all=>[#<Typekitty::Kit analytics=false badge=true domains=["viralkitty.com"] families=[{"id"=>"llxb", "name"=>"Museo Slab", "slug"=>"museo-slab", "css_names"=>["museo-slab"], "css_stack"=>"\"museo-slab\",serif", "subset"=>"default", "variations"=>["n3", "i3", "n7", "i7"]}] id="gec4ttz" name="viralkitty">]

Getting Information About The Draft Version of a Kit

Typekitty::Kit.find'gec4ttz'=>#<Typekitty::Kit analytics=false badge=true domains=["viralkitty.com"] families=[{"id"=>"llxb", "name"=>"Museo Slab", "slug"=>"museo-slab", "css_names"=>["museo-slab"], "css_stack"=>"\"museo-slab\",serif", "subset"=>"default", "variations"=>["n3", "i3", "n7", "i7"]}] id="gec4ttz" name="viralkitty">

Libraries

Listing Font Libraries

Typekitty::Library.all=>[#<Typekitty::Library id="trial" link="/api/v1/json/libraries/trial" name="Trial Library">, #<Typekitty::Library id="personal" link="/api/v1/json/libraries/personal" name="Personal Library">, #<Typekitty::Library id="full" link="/api/v1/json/libraries/full" name="Full Library">]

CLI

The typekitty gem includes a command-line interface for accessing the Typekit API.

For usage and help:

$ typekitty
Commands:
typekitty help [COMMAND] # Describe available commands or one specific command
typekitty kit KIT_ID --token=TOKEN # Get information about the draft version of a kit
typekitty kits --token=TOKEN # Lists kits
typekitty libraries # Lists font libraries

Development

Install the Dependencies

Use Bundler to install the dependencies:

$ bundle install

Running the Tests

$ rspec spec

Versioning

We use Semantic Versioning; please read before cutting new releases.

Fixtures

The specs use VCR cassettes to record and replay actual HTTP requests from the Typekit API.

License

MIT