@resource = Slash::Resource.new('http://api.something.com',
  Slash::Formats.xml(:codec => Slash::Formats::PeanutsXML.new(Response)),
  rewrite_options(options).update(:key => API_KEY))

cats = @resource['cats']
cats.get
cats.create(:name => 'Tom')
cats[123].update(:name => 'Tim')
cats[123].destroy