Last login: Tue Jul 1 14:02:59 on ttys001 jc-macbook-2:~ jcampos$ pry
[1] pry(main)> require 'rest-client'
=> true
[2] pry(main)> mash_client = RestClient.get("http://mashable.com/stories.json")
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[4] pry(main)> mash_json = JSON.load(mash_client)
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[5] pry(main)>
[6] pry(main)> mash_json.class
=> Hash
[7] pry(main)> mash_json.key
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1) from (pry):5:in `key'
[8] pry(main)> mash_json.keys
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[9] pry(main)> mash_json[
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[9] pry(main)* end
SyntaxError: unexpected keyword_end, expecting ']' [9] pry(main)> mash_json["hot"]
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[18] pry(main)> mash_json.keys
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