function resty() {
  local RESTY_HOST=`cat ${HOME}/.restyrc 2>/dev/null`
  local method="$1"; shift
  local path="$1"; shift
  local acpt="Accept: application/json";
  local data
  local res

  case "$method" in
    GET|DELETE)
      res=$(curl -s -L -f -H "$accp" -X $method "$@" "${RESTY_HOST}$path")
      ret=$?
      [ "$ret" != "0" ] && resty $ret
      echo "$res"
      return $ret
      ;;
    POST|PUT)
      data="$1"; shift
      res=$(curl -s -L -f -H "$accp" -X $method -d "$data" "$@" \
        "${RESTY_HOST}$path")
      ret=$?
      [ "$ret" != "0" ] && resty $ret
      return $ret
      ;;
    http://*)
      echo "$method" > ${HOME}/.restyrc
      ;;
    *)
      echo "resty: curl: returned error $method" 1>&2
      ;;
  esac
}

function GET() {
  resty GET "$@"
}

function POST() {
  resty POST "$@"
}

function PUT() {
  resty PUT "$@"
}

function DELETE() {
  resty DELETE "$@"
}

case "$1" in
  --pretty=*)
    if [ "${1##*=}" == "on" ]; then
      echo yes
      export RESTY_PRETTY=1
    else
      echo no
      export RESTY_PRETTY=0
    fi
    ;;
  *)
    export RESTY_HOST="$1"
    ;;
esac