# Ruby Interface to NaNoWriMo Stats

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-interface-to-nanowrimo-stats/74086>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 29, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-interface-to-nanowrimo-stats/74086 "2006-10-29T22:35:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-interface-to-nanowrimo-stats/74086/1 "2006-10-29T22:35:54Z")

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I’m sure some of you are participating in this year’s National Novel  
Writing  
Month ([http://www.nanowrimo.org](http://www.nanowrimo.org)). I’ve taken the liberty to build a  
simple  
interface to their Word Count API, allowing the user to download the  
current  
wordcount, name, and wordcount history for any NaNoWriMo participant.

The gem is available here: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/wordcount/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/wordcount/)

I’ve included two little examples, one of which is using \_why’s Camping  
framework and Gruff to produce some pretty graphs.

You can see a live example here ([Custom Signs St. Petersburg FL | Storefront, Lobby & More](http://www.styledbits.com/nanowrimo)),  
but  
it is currently blank until the contest starts on Nov 1.

If you aren’t currently participating, give the site a read over.

Happy novel writing,

Michael

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**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-interface-to-nanowrimo-stats/74086/2 "2006-10-29T22:43:56Z")

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Michael G. wrote:

> framework and Gruff to produce some pretty graphs.
> 
> You can see a live example here ([http://www.styledbits.com/nanowrimo](http://www.styledbits.com/nanowrimo)), but  
> it is currently blank until the contest starts on Nov 1.
> 
> If you aren’t currently participating, give the site a read over.
> 
> Happy novel writing,
> 
> Michael

Is there a National Ruby Technical Book Writing Month?

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**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-interface-to-nanowrimo-stats/74086/3 "2006-11-07T10:44:24Z")

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On 10/29/06, Michael G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’m sure some of you are participating in this year’s National Novel Writing  
> Month ([http://www.nanowrimo.org](http://www.nanowrimo.org)). I’ve taken the liberty to build a simple  
> interface to their Word Count API, allowing the user to download the current  
> wordcount, name, and wordcount history for any NaNoWriMo participant.

hmm… NaNoWriMo sounds neat.

> The gem is available here: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/wordcount/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/wordcount/)

Please consider using a much less generic name for this gem. If  
anyone writes a generalized word counting tool, this name will be  
already reserved. Even nano-wordcount would be better than just  
wordcount.