php - Codeigniter: Consume RESTful service -

is there easy setup codeigniter rest library can use consume restful service? tried setting this library. not set spark. tried following steps:

1. adding directory named sparks in root of codeigniter directory
2. adding custom loader class application/core/my_loader.php.

it gave me error cannot find spark path @ sparks/curl/1.2.1/. stuck. wondering why hard setup restful api in codeigniter.

update: when try run

$this->load->spark('restclient/2.1.0');         // load library         $this->load->library('rest');         // run setup         $this->rest->initialize(array('server' => 'http://api.twitter.com/'));         // pull in array of tweets         $tweets = $this->rest->get('1/statuses/user_timeline.json?include_entities=true&include_rts=true&screen_name=jenksuy&count=2');         $tweetobjects = json_decode($tweets);         foreach ($tweetobjects['results'] $tweet) {             log_message('info', $tweet['text']);         } 

i getting error: call undefined method ci_loader::spark()

sparks not necessary see edit. use tutorial start, author wrote libraries

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/working-with-restful-services-in-codeigniter-2/

download these 2 work tutorial:

https://github.com/philsturgeon/codeigniter-restserver

https://github.com/philsturgeon/codeigniter-restclient

also @ end of tutorial - theres many comments , questions, , tutorial author has answered many of them

edit - whoops forgot have change 1 line. , need dl ci curl library. ok in rest client, in file rest.php starting @ line 53

/* not using sparks? bloody should be.     | if going stick in mud old fashioned way      $this->_ci->load->library('curl');     */      // load curl spark dependant on     $this->_ci->load->spark('curl/1.2.1'); 

so change load curl library traditional way , commment out spark reference

        $this->_ci->load->library('curl');       // load curl spark dependant on     // $this->_ci->load->spark('curl/1.2.1');