Let's get started building this thing.

I'll be jumping on the Google Group (http://groups.google.com/group/build-kiva) but feel free to email me if you want to help/contribute/pursue a hostile takeover ;)

Mark McSpadden [email protected]

=== Requirements

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=== Installation

Run the following if you haven't already: gem sources -a http://gems.github.com

Install the gem(s): sudo gem install markmcspadden-ruby-kiva

=== Examples

Kiva::Loan.search(:q => "farming", :status => "fundraising")

=> {"paging" => {"total" => 7, "page_size" => 20, "pages" => 1, "page" => 1},

      "loans" => [{ loan 1 attributes },{ loan 2 attributes }]}

Kiva::Loan.search_results(:q => "fertilizer", :status => "paid")

=> [#<Kiva::Loan:0x14b9ca8 @id=77220, @sector="Agriculture", @borrower_count=1 ... >, #<Kiva::Loan ... >]

=== More Info about the Kiva API

http://build.kiva.org