```ruby
$:.unshift File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)
$:.unshift File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__)
require 'simplecov'
SimpleCov.start
require 'twitter'
require 'rspec'
require 'webmock/rspec'

def a_delete(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:delete, endpoint + path)
end

def a_get(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:get, endpoint + path)
end

def a_post(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:post, endpoint + path)
end

def a_put(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:put, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_delete(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:delete, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_get(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:get, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_post(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:post, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_put(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:put, endpoint + path)
end

def fixture_path
  File.expand_path("../fixtures", __FILE__)
end

def fixture(file)
  File.new(fixture_path + '/' + file)
end
```

Set KCODE in Ruby versions < 1.9 for twitter-text
user
```ruby
$:.unshift File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)
$:.unshift File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__)

major, minor, patch = RUBY_VERSION.split('.')
$KCODE = 'UTF8' if major.to_i == 1 && minor.to_i < 9

require 'simplecov'
SimpleCov.start
require 'twitter'
require 'rspec'
require 'webmock/rspec'

def a_delete(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:delete, endpoint + path)
end

def a_get(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:get, endpoint + path)
end

def a_post(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:post, endpoint + path)
end

def a_put(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  a_request(:put, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_delete(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:delete, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_get(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:get, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_post(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:post, endpoint + path)
end

def stub_put(path, endpoint=Twitter.endpoint)
  stub_request(:put, endpoint + path)
end

def fixture_path
  File.expand_path("../fixtures", __FILE__)
end

def fixture(file)
  File.new(fixture_path + '/' + file)
end
```
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