Add simple example to post a message.

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diff --git a/examples/hubzilla-post.rs b/examples/hubzilla-post.rs
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+// zotapi - Rust wrapper for Sot API as implemented by Hubzilla
+// Copyright (C) 2018  Harald Eilertsen <haraldei@anduin.net>
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+extern crate zotapi;
+extern crate dotenv;
+
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use std::env;
+
+const MIN_BODY_LENGTH : usize = 8;
+
+fn main() {
+    dotenv().ok();
+    let site = env::var("SITE").expect("SITE variable expected");
+    let user = env::var("USER").expect("USER variable expected");
+    let password = env::var("PASSWORD").expect("PASSWORD variable expected");
+    let body = env::args().skip(1).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ");
+    if body.len() < MIN_BODY_LENGTH {
+        println!("Message is missing or too short. At least {} chars needed.", MIN_BODY_LENGTH);
+    }
+
+    println!("Message: {}", body);
+
+    let client = zotapi::client(&site, &user, &password);
+
+    match client.create_item(&body) {
+        Ok(payload) => {
+            println!("Raw payload: {}", payload);
+        },
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("Error posting message: {:?}", e);
+        }
+    }
+}