the gem appears to work now

Gemfile

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+# A sample Gemfile
+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# gem "rails"
+gem "rspec"
+gem "flexmock"
+gem "net-dns"

Gemfile.lock

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+GEM
+  remote: http://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    diff-lcs (1.1.2)
+    flexmock (0.8.11)
+    net-dns (0.6.1)
+    rspec (2.0.1)
+      rspec-core (~> 2.0.1)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 2.0.1)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 2.0.1)
+    rspec-core (2.0.1)
+    rspec-expectations (2.0.1)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.1.2)
+    rspec-mocks (2.0.1)
+      rspec-core (~> 2.0.1)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 2.0.1)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  flexmock
+  net-dns
+  rspec

lib/project_honeypot.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-require 'net/dns'
+require 'net/dns/resolver'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/project_honeypot/url.rb"
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/project_honeypot/base.rb"
 
 module ProjectHoneypot
-  def lookup(api_key, url)
+  def self.lookup(api_key, url)
     searcher = Base.new(api_key)
     searcher.lookup(url)
   end

lib/project_honeypot/base.rb

@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
+module ProjectHoneypot 
   class Base
     def initialize(api_key)
       @api_key = api_key
     end
 
-    def lookup(url)
-
-    end
+    def lookup(ip_address)
+      ip_address = url_to_ip(ip_address)
+      reversed_ip = ip_address.split(".").reverse.join(".")
+      honeypot_score = extract_ip_address(Net::DNS::Resolver.start("#{@api_key}.#{reversed_ip}.dnsbl.httpbl.org"))
+      Url.new(ip_address, honeypot_score)
     end
 
+    private 
+
+    def url_to_ip(url)
+      return url if url.match(/^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$/)
+      extract_ip_address(Net::DNS::Resolver.start(url))
+    end
+
+    def extract_ip_address(dns_response)
+      dns_response.answer.first.to_s.split.last
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/project_honeypot/url.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,52 @@
+module ProjectHoneypot
   class Url
-
+    attr_reader :ip_address, :last_activity, :score, :offenses
+    def initialize(ip_address, honeypot_response)
+      @ip_address = ip_address
+      @safe = honeypot_response.nil?
+      process_score(honeypot_response)
     end
 
+    def safe?
+      @safe
+    end
+
+    def comment_spammer?
+      @offenses.include?(:comment_spammer)
+    end
+
+    def harvester?
+      @offenses.include?(:harvester)
+    end
+
+    def suspicious?
+      @offenses.include?(:suspicious)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def process_score(honeypot_response)
+      if honeypot_response.nil?
+        @last_activity = nil
+        @score = 0
+        @offenses = []
+      else
+        hp_array = honeypot_response.split(".")
+        @last_activity = hp_array[1].to_i
+        @score = hp_array[2].to_i
+        @offenses = set_offenses(hp_array[3])
+      end
+    end
+
+    def set_offenses(offense_code)
+      offense_code = offense_code.to_i
+      offenses = []
+      offenses << :comment_spammer if offense_code/4 == 1
+      offense_code = offense_code % 4
+      offenses << :harvester if offense_code/2 == 1
+      offense_code = offense_code % 2
+      offenses << :suspicious if offense_code == 1
+      offenses
+    end
+  end
+end

project-honeypot.gemspec

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary = %q{Project-Honeypot provides a programatic interface to the Project Honeypot services.}
   s.homepage = %q{http://teachmetocode.com/}
   s.description = %q{{Project-Honeypot provides a programatic interface to the Project Honeypot services. It can be used to identify spammers, bogus commenters, and harvesters. You will need a FREE api key from http://projecthoneypot.org}
+  s.add_dependency('net-dns')
   s.files = [ "README", 
               "MIT-LICENSE", 
               "lib/project_honeypot.rb",

spec/base_spec.rb

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+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe ProjectHoneypot::Base do
+  describe "with honeypot response" do
+    before(:each) do
+      flexmock(Net::DNS::Resolver, :start => flexmock("answer", :answer => ["somedomain.httpbl.org A Name 127.1.63.5"]))
+      @base = ProjectHoneypot::Base.new("abcdefghijklmnop")
+    end
+
+    it "returns a Url object" do
+      url = @base.lookup("127.10.10.5")
+      url.should be_a ProjectHoneypot::Url
+      url.last_activity.should == 1
+      url.score.should == 63
+    end
+
+    it "looks up non-ip addresses" do
+      url = @base.lookup("iamspam.com")
+      Net::DNS::Resolver.should_receive(:start).with("iamspam.com")
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/spec_helper.rb

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+require "rubygems"
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "rspec"
+require "flexmock"
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib/project_honeypot"
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.mock_with :flexmock
+end

spec/url_spec.rb

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+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe ProjectHoneypot::Url do
+  describe "with honeypot response" do
+    before(:each) do 
+      @url = ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("teachmetocode.com", "127.1.63.3") 
+    end
+
+    it "is safe" do
+      @url.should_not be_safe
+    end
+
+    it "has the correct latest activity" do
+      @url.last_activity.should == 1
+    end
+
+    it "has the correct score" do
+      @url.score.should == 63
+    end
+
+    it "has the correct offenses" do
+      @url.offenses.should include(:suspicious)
+      @url.offenses.should include(:harvester)
+      @url.offenses.should_not include(:comment_spammer)
+      @url.should be_suspicious
+      @url.should be_harvester
+      @url.should_not be_comment_spammer
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "with nil honeypot response" do
+    subject { @url = ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("teachmetocode.com", nil) }
+    it { should be_safe }
+  end
+end