Ruby Forex Code

The following ruby code is designed to work with the forex system from Gain Capital/Forex.com

you will need to sign up for a demo API account.

The following code retrieves an authentication key from the server so that one may get rate quotes, place orders etc.

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# Retreive Key Authentication From GAPI Demo Server
# Matt Hayford
# October 2008
#--------------------------------------------------

class Key
require 'net/http'
attr_accessor :key

# retreive key from api.efxnow.com
def getkey(name, passwd)
query = Hash.new
query['UserId'] = name
query['PWD'] = passwd
query['Brand'] = 'GAPI'
url = URI.parse('http://api.efxnow.com/DEMOWebServices2.8/Service.asmx/GetRatesServerAuth')
res = Net::HTTP.post_form(url, query)
@key = /.*>.*\s*.*>(.*)<.*/.match(res.body)[1]
end

# return authenticated key
def key
return @key
end

end