Edit data offline in a simple text file
text file offline
You want to edit data in simple text file and send the data into to a QuickBase table
require 'QuickBaseTextData'

# download the Ingredients table in the QuickBase API Cookbook v2 to a text file
QuickBase::TextData.downloadData("username","password","bb2mad4ss")

=begin 

The 'downloadData' line above will write a file called 'downloadedTextData.txt' in your current directory.
The contents will be something close to the text below. You can edit the text and send it back to QuickBase
using QuickBase::TextData.uploadData("username","password","downloadedTextData.txt")

dbid:bb2mad4ss
record:1
Name:Ruby wrapper for QuickBase HTTP API
Description:This is a Ruby language wrapper for the QuickBase HTTP API. It includes routines for all everything in the API, plus additional routines to reduce the amount of code you have to write to get things done using the QuickBase API.
File Attachment:
URL:https://www.quickbase.com/db/8emtadvk?a=dr&r=ztj&rl=cjtm
Contact E-mail:
record:2
Name:QuickBase HTTP API
Description:
File Attachment:
URL:https://www.quickbase.com/up/6mztyxu8/g/rc7/en/va/QuickBaseAPI.htm
Contact E-mail:
record:3
Name:One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows
Description:This is a [one-click, self-contained Windows installer] that contains the Ruby language itself, dozens of popular extensions and packages, a syntax-highlighting editor and execution environment, and a Windows help file that contains the full text of the book, Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide. 
File Attachment:
URL:http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl
Contact E-mail:
record:4
Name:Visual Basic SDK
Description:
File Attachment:
URL:https://www.quickbase.com/db/6mztyxu8?a=dr&r=c4
Contact E-mail:
record:5
Name:Perl SDK
Description:
File Attachment:
URL:https://www.quickbase.com/db/6mztyxu8?a=dr&r=c5
Contact E-mail:
record:6
Name:Javascript SDK
Description:
File Attachment:
URL:https://www.quickbase.com/db/6mztyxu8?a=dr&r=c8
Contact E-mail:
record:7
Name:Java SDK
Description:
File Attachment:
URL:https://www.quickbase.com/db/6mztyxu8?a=dr&r=c6
Contact E-mail:
record:8
Name:Excel
Description:
File Attachment:
URL:
Contact E-mail:


=end
QuickBaseTextData.rb comes with the Ruby API for QuickBase.  The file format it reads and writes is simpler than XML and more readable than CSV. It is suitable for editing small-to-medium amounts of data manually and as an intermediate format that applications can use to send data to QuickBase.
downloadToTextFile.rb
One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows Ruby wrapper for QuickBase HTTP API
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Created on Jan. 31, 2007 at  9:21 PM (PST). Last updated by Quick Base on Feb.  1, 2007 at  8:43 PM (PST). Owned by Quick Base.
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