Class: LiveJournal::Request::CheckFriends

Inherits:

Req

• Object
• Req
• LiveJournal::Request::CheckFriends

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Defined in:

lib/livejournal/friends.rb

Overview

req = LiveJournal::Request::CheckFriends.new(user)
req.run   # always will return false on the first run.
loop do
  puts "Waiting for new entries..."
  sleep req.interval   # uses the server-recommended sleep time.
  break if req.run == true
end
puts "#{user.username}'s friends list has been updated!"

Instance Attribute Summary (collapse)

• - (Object) interval readonly

  The server-recommended number of seconds to wait between running this.

• - (Object) lastupdate readonly

  If you want to keep your CheckFriends state without saving the object, save the #lastupdate field and pass it to a new object.

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

• - (CheckFriends) initialize(user, lastupdate = nil) constructor

  A new instance of CheckFriends.

• - (Object) run

  Returns true if there are new posts available.

Methods inherited from Req

#dryrun!, #dumpresponse, #verbose!

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# File 'lib/livejournal/friends.rb', line 119

def initialize(user, lastupdate=nil)
  super(user, 'checkfriends')
  @lastupdate = lastupdate
  @interval = 90   # reasonable default?
end

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# File 'lib/livejournal/friends.rb', line 115

def interval
  @interval
end

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# File 'lib/livejournal/friends.rb', line 118

def lastupdate
  @lastupdate
end

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# File 'lib/livejournal/friends.rb', line 125

def run
  @request['lastupdate'] = @lastupdate if @lastupdate
  super
  @lastupdate = @result['lastupdate']
  @interval = @result['interval'].to_i
  @result['new'] == '1'
end