Shanti’s Dispatches

The Twitter guys have released a Jabber Implementation in Ruby.
Install with:

sudo gem install xmpp4r-simple

To send a message

jabber = Jabber::Simple.new('rex@friendosaurus.com', 'password')
jabber.deliver("bront@friendosaurus.com", "Hey! Can you help me fend off a T-Rex?")

That looks pretty easy. Or to get received messages, then set your status:

jabber.received_messages do |msg|
  puts "#{msg.body}" if msg.type == :chat
end

jabber.status(:away, "Slaying dinosaurs in the Jurassic garden.")

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