无法访问最新版本的GitHub gem中的功能

Question

I am trying to use the MindBody Gem but when I attempt to run: $ gem install mindbody-api I see the error:

$ gem install mindbody-api
ERROR:  Could not find a valid gem 'mindbody-api' (>= 0) in any repository

I've been able to get it working in my gemfile by including the path of the GitHub page: gem 'mindbody-api', :git => 'git://github.com/wingrunr21/mindbody-api.git' and I am successful when I run bundle install but I've noticed that my version is missing a function that is present in the GitHub Repo, specifically:

MindBody::Services::SaleService.checkout_shopping_cart(search_creds)
NoMethodError: undefined method `checkout_shopping_cart' for MindBody::Services::SaleService:Class

despite the function being listed on the GitHub repo SaleService page . Any idea what I should try next?

Answer 1

In your comment under the question it shows that you have older version of the gem: rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.3@awaken/bundler/gems/mindbody-api-579af18314d2 .

So if you browse the repo at this point of time ( 579af18314d2 ) you will see that the method does not exist yet - link

In order to fix it you need to update it to thelatest version, which you can do by:

bundle update --source mindbody-api

Also to verify that you have the latest version when you do bundle show mindbody-api it should show something like: .rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.3@awaken/bundler/gems/mindbody-api-f58110f2b255

Answer 2

Regarding the install:

The only version released is an alpha release, that's why you can't install it. You can, however, install the alpha version with:

gem install mindbody-api -v 1.0.1.alpha

Regarding the method missing:

It appears there is a bug in the way the operations are loaded. I was able to get the method loaded under certain circumstances (cloning & building myself, I think) but even then the behavior wasn't consistent.

The gem hasn't had any significant major updates in a few years. It's not clear if the gem is maintained but I think your best bet might be to create a github repo issue, or fork & fix it yourself.