aaws-test.rb

# lib/ez_amz.rb
module EZAmz
  require 'rubygems'
  require 'amazon/aws'
  require 'amazon/aws/search'
  require 'active_support'

  include Amazon::AWS
  include Amazon::AWS::Search

  def EZAmz.find_customer(email)
    ccs = CustomerContentSearch.new(email)
    ccs.response_group = ResponseGroup.new( :CustomerInfo )
    #ccs.response_group = :CustomerInfo
    req = Request.new
    resp = req.search( ccs )

    ccls = []
    cclh = {}
    ccss = resp.customer_content_search_response.customers.customer
    ccss.each do |c|
      ccl =  CustomerContentLookup.new(c.customer_id)
      ccl.response_group = ResponseGroup.new( :CustomerFull )
      req = Request.new
      ccl = req.search(ccl)
      #ccls << ccl.customer_content_lookup_response.customers.customer.to_h #.to_hash
      cclh = ccl.customer_content_lookup_response.customers.customer.to_h #.to_hash
    end
    cclh
  end
end

irb
require 'ez_amz'
require 'active_support'
c = EZAmz.find_customer('[email protected]')
c.to_h
#NoMethodError: undefined method `to_h' for #<Hash:0xb7347328>

c.to_json
#ActiveSupport::JSON::CircularReferenceError: object references itself

c['location']
#=> #<Amazon::AWS::AWSObject::Location:0xb739c42c @user_defined_location=[#<Amazon::AWS::AWSObject::UserDefinedLocation:0xb739c2b0 value="Shelburne, VT USA">]>

c['location'].to_h
#=> {"user_defined_location"=>#<Amazon::AWS::AWSObject::UserDefinedLocation:0xb739c2b0 value="Shelburne, VT USA">}

c['location'][:user_defined_location].to_h
#=> {}

c['location']['user_defined_location']
#=> [#<Amazon::AWS::AWSObject::UserDefinedLocation:0xb739c2b0 value="Shelburne, VT USA">]

c['location'].to_h['user_defined_location']
#=> #<Amazon::AWS::AWSObject::UserDefinedLocation:0xb739c2b0 value="Shelburne, VT USA">

c['location'].to_h['user_defined_location'].to_h
#=> {}
# What!?!?

c['location'].to_h['user_defined_location'].to_s
#=> "Shelburne, VT USA"

print c['location'].to_yaml
#--- !ruby/object:Amazon::AWS::AWSObject::Location 
#user_defined_location: !seq:Amazon::AWS::AWSArray 
#  - !ruby/object:Amazon::AWS::AWSObject::UserDefinedLocation 
#    __val__: Shelburne, VT USA
#=> nil

# Who can read that? It's not so hard with one little attribute, but try this:
print c.to_yaml
# It doesn't help that much for debugging.