chrisle-gattica 0.6.3

data/Rakefile

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+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/testtask'
+require 'rake/task'
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gemspec|
+    gemspec.name = "chrisle-gattica"
+    gemspec.summary = "Gattica is a easy to use Ruby Gem for getting data from the Google Analytics API."
+    gemspec.email = "chrisl@seerinteractive.com"
+    gemspec.homepage = "http://github.com/chrisle/gattica"
+    gemspec.description = "Gattica is a easy to use Ruby Gem for getting data from the Google Analytics API.  It supports metrics, dimensions, sort, filters, goals, and segments.  It can handle accounts with 1000+ profiles, and can return data in CSV, Hash, or JSON"
+    gemspec.authors = ["Christopher Le, et all"]
+    gemspec.add_dependency 'hpricot'
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
+end
+
+Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+  t.libs << 'lib'
+  t.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+  t.verbose = false
+end

data/VERSION.yml

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+---
+:major: 0
+:minor: 6
+:patch: 3
+:build: !!null 

data/chrisle-gattica.gemspec

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+# Generated by jeweler
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = "chrisle-gattica"
+  s.version = "0.6.3"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Christopher Le, et all"]
+  s.date = "2012-06-10"
+  s.description = "Gattica is a easy to use Ruby Gem for getting data from the Google Analytics API.  It supports metrics, dimensions, sort, filters, goals, and segments.  It can handle accounts with 1000+ profiles, and can return data in CSV, Hash, or JSON"
+  s.email = "chrisl@seerinteractive.com"
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "LICENSE",
+    "README.md"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    "Gemfile",
+    "Gemfile.lock",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "README.md",
+    "Rakefile",
+    "VERSION.yml",
+    "chrisle-gattica.gemspec",
+    "lib/gattica.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/account.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/auth.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/convertible.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/data_point.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/data_set.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/engine.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/exceptions.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/goals.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/hash_extensions.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/profiles.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/segment.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/settings.rb",
+    "lib/gattica/user.rb",
+    "test/helper.rb",
+    "test/settings.rb",
+    "test/suite.rb",
+    "test/test_engine.rb",
+    "test/test_results.rb",
+    "test/test_user.rb"
+  ]
+  s.homepage = "http://github.com/chrisle/gattica"
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubygems_version = "1.8.24"
+  s.summary = "Gattica is a easy to use Ruby Gem for getting data from the Google Analytics API."
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    s.specification_version = 3
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<test-unit>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<hpricot>, [">= 0"])
+    else
+      s.add_dependency(%q<test-unit>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<hpricot>, [">= 0"])
+    end
+  else
+    s.add_dependency(%q<test-unit>, [">= 0"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<hpricot>, [">= 0"])
+  end
+end
+

data/lib/gattica.rb

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+$:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) # for use/testing when no gem is installed
+
+require 'net/http'
+require 'net/https'
+require 'uri'
+require 'cgi'
+require 'logger'
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'hpricot'
+require 'yaml'
+
+require 'gattica/engine'
+require 'gattica/settings'
+require 'gattica/hash_extensions'
+require 'gattica/convertible'
+require 'gattica/exceptions'
+require 'gattica/user'
+require 'gattica/auth'
+require 'gattica/account'
+require 'gattica/data_set'
+require 'gattica/data_point'
+require 'gattica/segment'
+
+# Gattica is a Ruby library for talking to the Google Analytics API.
+# Please see the README for usage docs.
+module Gattica
+  
+  VERSION = '0.6.1'
+  
+  # Creates a new instance of Gattica::Engine
+  def self.new(*args)
+    Engine.new(*args)
+  end
+  
+end

data/lib/gattica/account.rb

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+module Gattica
+  class Account
+    include Convertible
+    
+    attr_reader :id, :updated, :title, :table_id, :account_id, :account_name,
+                :profile_id, :web_property_id, :goals
+  
+    def initialize(xml)
+      @id = xml.at("link[@rel='self']").attributes['href']
+      @updated = DateTime.parse(xml.at(:updated).inner_html)
+      @account_id = find_account_id(xml)
+
+      @title = xpath_value(xml, "dxp:property[@name='ga:profileName']")
+      @table_id = xpath_value(xml, "dxp:property[@name='dxp:tableId']")
+      @profile_id = find_profile_id(xml)
+      @web_property_id = xpath_value(xml, "dxp:property[@name='ga:webPropertyId']")
+      @goals = []
+    end
+
+    def xpath_value(xml, xpath)
+      xml.at(xpath).attributes['value']
+    end
+
+    def find_account_id(xml)
+      xml.at("dxp:property[@name='ga:accountId']").attributes['value'].to_i
+    end
+
+    def find_account_name(xml)
+      xml.at("dxp:property[@name='ga:accountName']").attributes['value']
+    end
+
+    def find_profile_id(xml)
+      xml.at("dxp:property[@name='ga:profileId']").attributes['value'].to_i
+    end
+
+    def set_account_name(account_feed_entry)
+      if @account_id == find_account_id(account_feed_entry)
+        @account_name = find_account_name(account_feed_entry)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def set_goals(goals_feed_entry)
+      if @profile_id == find_profile_id(goals_feed_entry)
+        goal = goals_feed_entry.search('ga:goal').first
+        @goals.push({
+          :active => goal.attributes['active'],
+          :name => goal.attributes['name'],
+          :number => goal.attributes['number'].to_i,
+          :value => goal.attributes['value'].to_f
+        })
+      end
+    end    
+  end
+end

data/lib/gattica/auth.rb

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+module Gattica
+  class Auth
+    include Convertible
+
+    SCRIPT_NAME = '/accounts/ClientLogin'
+    HEADERS = { 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'User-Agent' => 'Ruby Net::HTTP' }   # Google asks that you be nice and provide a user-agent string
+    OPTIONS = { :source => 'gattica', :service => 'analytics' }                                    # Google asks that you provide the name of your app as a 'source' parameter in your POST
+
+    attr_reader :tokens
+  
+    # Try to authenticate the user
+    def initialize(http, user)
+      options = OPTIONS.merge(user.to_h)
+      options.extend HashExtensions
+      
+      response = http.post(SCRIPT_NAME, options.to_query, HEADERS)
+      data = response.body ||= ''
+      if response.code != '200'
+        case response.code
+        when '403'
+          raise GatticaError::CouldNotAuthenticate, 'Your email and/or password is not recognized by the Google ClientLogin system (status code: 403)'
+        else
+          raise GatticaError::UnknownAnalyticsError, response.body + " (status code: #{response.code})"
+        end
+      end
+      @tokens = parse_tokens(data)
+    end
+  
+  
+    private
+    
+    # Parse the authentication tokens out of the response and makes them available as a hash
+    #
+    # tokens[:auth] => Google requires this for every request (added to HTTP headers on GET requests)
+    # tokens[:sid]  => Not used
+    # tokens[:lsid] => Not used
+    
+    def parse_tokens(data)
+      tokens = {}
+      data.split("\n").each do |t|
+        tokens.merge!({ t.split('=').first.downcase.to_sym => t.split('=').last })
+      end
+      return tokens
+    end
+  
+  end
+end

data/lib/gattica/convertible.rb

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+module Gattica
+  
+  # Common output methods that are sharable
+  
+  module Convertible
+    
+    # output as hash
+    def to_h
+      output = {}
+      instance_variables.each do |var|
+        output.merge!({ var[1..-1] => instance_variable_get(var) }) unless var == '@xml'    # exclude the whole XML dump
+      end
+      output.tap { |h| h.include? HashExtensions }
+    end
+    
+    # output nice inspect syntax
+    def to_s
+      to_h.inspect
+    end
+    
+    alias inspect to_s
+    
+    def to_query
+      to_h.to_query
+    end
+    
+    # Return the raw XML (if the object has a @xml instance variable, otherwise convert the object itself to xml)
+    def to_xml
+      if @xml
+        @xml
+      else
+        self.to_xml
+      end
+    end
+    
+    alias to_yml to_yaml
+    
+  end
+end

data/lib/gattica/data_point.rb

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+require 'csv'
+
+module Gattica
+  
+  # Represents a single "row" of data containing any number of dimensions, metrics
+  
+  class DataPoint
+    
+    include Convertible
+    
+    attr_reader :id, :updated, :title, :dimensions, :metrics, :xml
+    
+    # Parses the XML <entry> element
+    def initialize(xml)
+      @xml = xml.to_s
+      @id = xml.at('id').inner_html
+      @updated = DateTime.parse(xml.at('updated').inner_html)
+      @title = xml.at('title').inner_html
+      @dimensions = xml.search('dxp:dimension').collect do |dimension|
+        { dimension.attributes['name'].split(':').last.to_sym => dimension.attributes['value'].split(':').last }
+      end
+      @metrics = xml.search('dxp:metric').collect do |metric|
+        { metric.attributes['name'].split(':').last.to_sym => metric.attributes['value'].split(':').last.to_f }
+      end
+    end
+    
+    
+    # Outputs in Comma Seperated Values format
+    def to_csv(format = :short)
+      output = ''
+      columns = []
+      
+      # only output
+      case format
+      when :long
+
+        [@id, @updated, @title].each { |c| columns << c }
+      end
+      
+      # output all dimensions
+
+      @dimensions.map {|d| d.values.first}.each { |c| columns << c }
+      # output all metrics
+      @metrics.map {|m| m.values.first}.each { |c| columns << c }
+
+      output = CSV.generate_line(columns)      
+     
+    end
+    
+    
+    def to_yaml
+      { 'id' => @id,
+        'updated' => @updated,
+        'title' => @title,
+        'dimensions' => @dimensions,
+        'metrics' => @metrics }.to_yaml
+    end
+
+    def to_hash
+
+      res_hash = {}
+
+      @dimensions.each{|d| res_hash.merge!(d) }
+      # output all metrics
+      @metrics.each{|m| res_hash.merge!(m) }
+      res_hash
+
+    end
+
+    
+  end
+  
+end

data/lib/gattica/data_set.rb

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+module Gattica
+  
+  # Encapsulates the data returned by the GA API
+  class DataSet
+    include Convertible
+    
+    attr_reader :total_results, :start_index, :items_per_page, :start_date,
+                :end_date, :points, :xml
+      
+    def initialize(xml)
+      @xml = xml.to_s
+      @total_results = xml.at('openSearch:totalResults').inner_html.to_i
+      @start_index = xml.at('openSearch:startIndex').inner_html.to_i
+      @items_per_page = xml.at('openSearch:itemsPerPage').inner_html.to_i
+      @start_date = Date.parse(xml.at('dxp:startDate').inner_html)
+      @end_date = Date.parse(xml.at('dxp:endDate').inner_html)
+      @points = xml.search(:entry).collect { |entry| DataPoint.new(entry) }
+    end
+
+    # Returns a string formatted as a CSV containing just the data points.
+    #
+    # == Parameters:
+    # +format=:long+::    Adds id, updated, title to output columns
+    def to_csv(format=:short)
+      output = ''
+      columns = []
+      case format
+        when :long
+          ["id", "updated", "title"].each { |c| columns << c }
+      end
+      unless @points.empty?   # if there was at least one result
+        @points.first.dimensions.map {|d| d.keys.first}.each { |c| columns << c }
+        @points.first.metrics.map {|m| m.keys.first}.each { |c| columns << c }
+      end
+      output = CSV.generate_line(columns) 
+      @points.each do |point|
+        output += point.to_csv(format)
+      end
+       output
+    end
+
+    def to_yaml
+      { 'total_results' => @total_results,
+        'start_index' => @start_index,
+        'items_per_page' => @items_per_page,
+        'start_date' => @start_date,
+        'end_date' => @end_date,
+        'points' => @points }.to_yaml
+    end
+
+    def to_hash
+      @points.map(&:to_hash)
+    end
+
+  end
+  
+end

data/lib/gattica/engine.rb

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+module Gattica
+  class Engine
+
+    attr_reader :user
+    attr_accessor :profile_id, :token, :user_accounts
+
+    # Initialize Gattica using username/password or token.
+    #
+    # == Options:
+    # To change the defaults see link:settings.rb
+    # +:debug+::        Send debug info to the logger (default is false)
+    # +:email+::        Your email/login for Google Analytics
+    # +:headers+::      Add additional HTTP headers (default is {} )
+    # +:logger+::       Logger to use (default is STDOUT)
+    # +:password+::     Your password for Google Analytics
+    # +:profile_id+::   Use this Google Analytics profile_id (default is nil)
+    # +:timeout+::      Set Net:HTTP timeout in seconds (default is 300)
+    # +:token+::        Use an authentication token you received before
+    def initialize(options={})
+      @options = Settings::DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge(options)
+      handle_init_options(@options)
+      create_http_connection('www.google.com')
+      check_init_auth_requirements()
+    end
+
+    # Returns the list of accounts the user has access to. A user may have
+    # multiple accounts on Google Analytics and each account may have multiple
+    # profiles. You need the profile_id in order to get info from GA. If you
+    # don't know the profile_id then use this method to get a list of all them.
+    # Then set the profile_id of your instance and you can make regular calls
+    # from then on.
+    #
+    #   ga = Gattica.new({:email => 'johndoe@google.com', :password => 'password'})
+    #   ga.accounts
+    #   # you parse through the accounts to find the profile_id you need
+    #   ga.profile_id = 12345678
+    #   # now you can perform a regular search, see Gattica::Engine#get
+    #
+    # If you pass in a profile id when you instantiate Gattica::Search then you won't need to
+    # get the accounts and find a profile_id - you apparently already know it!
+    #
+    # See Gattica::Engine#get to see how to get some data.
+
+    def accounts
+      if @user_accounts.nil?
+        create_http_connection('www.googleapis.com')
+
+        # get profiles
+        response = do_http_get("/analytics/v2.4/management/accounts/~all/webproperties/~all/profiles?max-results=10000")
+        xml = Hpricot(response)
+        @user_accounts = xml.search(:entry).collect { |profile_xml| 
+          Account.new(profile_xml) 
+        }
+
+        # Fill in the goals
+        response = do_http_get("/analytics/v2.4/management/accounts/~all/webproperties/~all/profiles/~all/goals?max-results=10000")
+        xml = Hpricot(response)
+        @user_accounts.each do |ua|
+          xml.search(:entry).each { |e| ua.set_goals(e) }
+        end
+
+        # Fill in the account name
+        response = do_http_get("/analytics/v2.4/management/accounts?max-results=10000")
+        xml = Hpricot(response)
+        @user_accounts.each do |ua|
+          xml.search(:entry).each { |e| ua.set_account_name(e) }
+        end
+
+      end
+      @user_accounts
+    end
+
+    # Returns the list of segments available to the authenticated user.
+    #
+    # == Usage
+    #   ga = Gattica.new({:email => 'johndoe@google.com', :password => 'password'})
+    #   ga.segments                       # Look up segment id
+    #   my_gaid = 'gaid::-5'              # Non-paid Search Traffic
+    #   ga.profile_id = 12345678          # Set our profile ID
+    #
+    #   gs.get({ :start_date => '2008-01-01',
+    #            :end_date => '2008-02-01',
+    #            :dimensions => 'month',
+    #            :metrics => 'views',
+    #            :segment => my_gaid })
+
+    def segments
+      if @user_segments.nil?
+        response = do_http_get("/analytics/v2.4/management/segments?max-results=10000")
+        xml = Hpricot(response)
+        @user_segments = xml.search("dxp:segment").collect { |s| 
+          Segment.new(s) 
+        }
+      end
+      return @user_segments
+    end
+
+    # This is the method that performs the actual request to get data.
+    #
+    # == Usage
+    #
+    #   gs = Gattica.new({:email => 'johndoe@google.com', :password => 'password', :profile_id => 123456})
+    #   gs.get({ :start_date => '2008-01-01',
+    #            :end_date => '2008-02-01',
+    #            :dimensions => 'browser',
+    #            :metrics => 'pageviews',
+    #            :sort => 'pageviews',
+    #            :filters => ['browser == Firefox']})
+    #
+    # == Input
+    #
+    # When calling +get+ you'll pass in a hash of options. For a description of what these mean to
+    # Google Analytics, see http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs
+    #
+    # Required values are:
+    #
+    # * +start_date+ => Beginning of the date range to search within
+    # * +end_date+ => End of the date range to search within
+    #
+    # Optional values are:
+    #
+    # * +dimensions+ => an array of GA dimensions (without the ga: prefix)
+    # * +metrics+ => an array of GA metrics (without the ga: prefix)
+    # * +filter+ => an array of GA dimensions/metrics you want to filter by (without the ga: prefix)
+    # * +sort+ => an array of GA dimensions/metrics you want to sort by (without the ga: prefix)
+    #
+    # == Exceptions
+    #
+    # If a user doesn't have access to the +profile_id+ you specified, you'll receive an error.
+    # Likewise, if you attempt to access a dimension or metric that doesn't exist, you'll get an
+    # error back from Google Analytics telling you so.
+
+    def get(args={})
+      args = validate_and_clean(Settings::DEFAULT_ARGS.merge(args))
+      query_string = build_query_string(args,@profile_id)
+      @logger.debug(query_string) if @debug
+      create_http_connection('www.googleapis.com')
+      data = do_http_get("/analytics/v2.4/data?#{query_string}")
+      return DataSet.new(Hpricot.XML(data))
+    end
+
+
+    # Since google wants the token to appear in any HTTP call's header, we have to set that header
+    # again any time @token is changed so we override the default writer (note that you need to set
+    # @token with self.token= instead of @token=)
+
+    def token=(token)
+      @token = token
+      set_http_headers
+    end
+
+    ######################################################################
+    private
+
+    # Does the work of making HTTP calls and then going through a suite of tests on the response to make
+    # sure it's valid and not an error
+
+    def do_http_get(query_string)
+      response = @http.get(query_string, @headers)
+
+      # error checking
+      if response.code != '200'
+        case response.code
+        when '400'
+          raise GatticaError::AnalyticsError, response.body + " (status code: #{response.code})"
+        when '401'
+          raise GatticaError::InvalidToken, "Your authorization token is invalid or has expired (status code: #{response.code})"
+        else  # some other unknown error
+          raise GatticaError::UnknownAnalyticsError, response.body + " (status code: #{response.code})"
+        end
+      end
+
+      return response.body
+    end
+
+
+    # Sets up the HTTP headers that Google expects (this is called any time @token is set either by Gattica
+    # or manually by the user since the header must include the token)
+    def set_http_headers
+      @headers['Authorization'] = "GoogleLogin auth=#{@token}"
+      @headers['GData-Version']= '2'
+    end
+
+
+    # Creates a valid query string for GA
+    def build_query_string(args,profile)
+      output = "ids=ga:#{profile}&start-date=#{args[:start_date]}&end-date=#{args[:end_date]}"
+      if (start_index = args[:start_index].to_i) > 0
+        output += "&start-index=#{start_index}"
+      end
+      unless args[:dimensions].empty?
+        output += '&dimensions=' + args[:dimensions].collect do |dimension|
+          "ga:#{dimension}"
+        end.join(',')
+      end
+      unless args[:metrics].empty?
+        output += '&metrics=' + args[:metrics].collect do |metric|
+          "ga:#{metric}"
+        end.join(',')
+      end
+      unless args[:sort].empty?
+        output += '&sort=' + args[:sort].collect do |sort|
+          sort[0..0] == '-' ? "-ga:#{sort[1..-1]}" : "ga:#{sort}"  # if the first character is a dash, move it before the ga:
+        end.join(',')
+      end
+      unless args[:segment].nil?
+        output += "&segment=#{args[:segment]}"
+      end
+      unless args[:max_results].nil?
+        output += "&max-results=#{args[:max_results]}"
+      end
+
+      # TODO: update so that in regular expression filters (=~ and !~), any initial special characters in the regular expression aren't also picked up as part of the operator (doesn't cause a problem, but just feels dirty)
+      unless args[:filters].empty?    # filters are a little more complicated because they can have all kinds of modifiers
+        output += '&filters=' + args[:filters].collect do |filter|
+          match, name, operator, expression = *filter.match(/^(\w*)\s*([=!<>~@]*)\s*(.*)$/)           # splat the resulting Match object to pull out the parts automatically
+          unless name.empty? || operator.empty? || expression.empty?                      # make sure they all contain something
+            "ga:#{name}#{CGI::escape(operator.gsub(/ /,''))}#{CGI::escape(expression)}"   # remove any whitespace from the operator before output
+          else
+            raise GatticaError::InvalidFilter, "The filter '#{filter}' is invalid. Filters should look like 'browser == Firefox' or 'browser==Firefox'"
+          end
+        end.join(';')
+      end
+      return output
+    end
+
+
+    # Validates that the args passed to +get+ are valid
+    def validate_and_clean(args)
+
+      raise GatticaError::MissingStartDate, ':start_date is required' if args[:start_date].nil? || args[:start_date].empty?
+      raise GatticaError::MissingEndDate, ':end_date is required' if args[:end_date].nil? || args[:end_date].empty?
+      raise GatticaError::TooManyDimensions, 'You can only have a maximum of 7 dimensions' if args[:dimensions] && (args[:dimensions].is_a?(Array) && args[:dimensions].length > 7)
+      raise GatticaError::TooManyMetrics, 'You can only have a maximum of 10 metrics' if args[:metrics] && (args[:metrics].is_a?(Array) && args[:metrics].length > 10)
+
+      possible = args[:dimensions] + args[:metrics]
+
+      # make sure that the user is only trying to sort fields that they've previously included with dimensions and metrics
+      if args[:sort]
+        missing = args[:sort].find_all do |arg|
+          !possible.include? arg.gsub(/^-/,'')    # remove possible minuses from any sort params
+        end
+        unless missing.empty?
+          raise GatticaError::InvalidSort, "You are trying to sort by fields that are not in the available dimensions or metrics: #{missing.join(', ')}"
+        end
+      end
+
+      # make sure that the user is only trying to filter fields that are in dimensions or metrics
+      if args[:filters]
+        missing = args[:filters].find_all do |arg|
+          !possible.include? arg.match(/^\w*/).to_s    # get the name of the filter and compare
+        end
+        unless missing.empty?
+          raise GatticaError::InvalidSort, "You are trying to filter by fields that are not in the available dimensions or metrics: #{missing.join(', ')}"
+        end
+      end
+
+      return args
+    end
+
+    def create_http_connection(server)
+      port = Settings::USE_SSL ? Settings::SSL_PORT : Settings::NON_SSL_PORT
+      @http = Net::HTTP.new(server, port)
+      @http.use_ssl = Settings::USE_SSL
+      @http.set_debug_output $stdout if @options[:debug]
+      @http.read_timeout = @options[:timeout] if @options[:timeout]
+    end
+
+    # Sets instance variables from options given during initialization and
+    def handle_init_options(options)
+      @logger = options[:logger]
+      @profile_id = options[:profile_id]
+      @user_accounts = nil # filled in later if the user ever calls Gattica::Engine#accounts
+      @user_segments = nil
+      @headers = { }.merge(options[:headers]) # headers used for any HTTP requests (Google requires a special 'Authorization' header which is set any time @token is set)
+      @default_account_feed = nil
+
+    end
+
+    # If the authorization is a email and password then create User objects
+    # or if it's a previous token, use that.  Else, raise exception.
+    def check_init_auth_requirements
+      if @options[:token].to_s.length > 200
+        self.token = @options[:token]
+      elsif @options[:email] && @options[:password]
+        @user = User.new(@options[:email], @options[:password])
+        @auth = Auth.new(@http, user)
+        self.token = @auth.tokens[:auth]
+      else
+        raise GatticaError::NoLoginOrToken, 'An email and password or an authentication token is required to initialize Gattica.'
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end