eve

DESCRIPTION:

A Ruby library for interfacing with all aspects of the EVE Online MMO. It is designed for use within a Ruby on Rails project, but does not require Rails as a dependency. That means there’s nothing preventing you from writing a stand-alone application or script using this library.

QUICK START:

Including The Gem

In Rails 3:

gem 'eve'

In Rails 2:

# Please note that the Rails 2 version of this gem is no longer being maintained, so
# you will need to download a 1.x version of the gem.
config.gem 'eve', :version => "~> 1.0"

In Pure Ruby:

require 'rubygems'
require 'eve'

Usage Example: Controller

class MyEveCompatibleController < ApplicationController
  requires_trust
end

Rails 3: This returns a blank page with a trust request. This behavior can be overridden with an initializer to provide custom trust request pages:

module Eve
  module Trust
    module ControllerHelpers
      def require_trust(trust_message = self.class.trust_message)
        if igb? && !igb.trusted?
          render :text => "<center>Requires trust!</br><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"CCPEVE.requestTrust('http://#{request.host_with_port}/')\">give trust</a>", :layout => false
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Usage Example: View Helpers

<%=link_to_evemail "Check Your Mail!"%>

<%if igb.trusted?%>
  <p>Thanks for your trust! I see you're currently in <%=igb.solar_system_name%>.</p>
  <p>Here's some information about our secret headquarters:</p>
  <ul>
    <li><%=link_to_route "Click For Directions", "Jita"%></li>
    <li><%=link_to_map "Show On Map", "Jita"%></li>
  </ul>
<%end%>

Usage Example: EVE API

# Get the current server status
api = Eve::API.new()
server_status = api.server_status
puts "Server reports status #{server_status.server_open ? "ONLINE" : "OFFLINE"}"
puts "\tCurrent time is #{server_status.current_time}"
puts "\t#{server_status.online_players} players currently online"
puts
#
# Get a list of characters
api = Eve::API.new(:user_id => $user_id, :api_key => $limited_api_key)
result = api..characters
puts "Choose a character:"
result.characters.each_with_index { |char, index| puts "\t#{index}: #{char.name} (#{char.character_id})" }
choice = gets.chomp.to_i
puts
#
# Get the current training queue. Need a full API key and a character ID for that.
api.set(:api_key => $full_api_key, :character_id => result.characters[choice].character_id)
result = api.character.skill_queue
result.skillqueue.each do |skill|
  result.skillqueue.columns.each do |column|
    print column.ljust(20), ":\t", skill[column], "\n"
  end
  puts
end

DETAILS:

This package is divided into 3 major components, and are listed below. Click on any item to see more information and usage examples.

  • API libraries: Eve::API

    • Handles interfacing with the EVE Online API. It allows you to easily query the server for various information about the server status, a given player, or his/her in-game character.

    • Eventually, this may be extended to incorporate other EVE-related APIs, such as the EVE-Central and EVE Metrics APIs.

  • Controller helpers: Eve::Trust

    • There are several helper methods added to ActionController::Base, and they are designed to facilitate interaction with the in-game browser (IGB). In particular, these helpers allow you to establish trust with the client browser, which will then provide more information about the player’s current in-game status (such as his/her current location).

    • The controller helpers also automatically detect whether the client is, in fact, using the EVE IGB, or whether they are using some other browser. If a view with the “.igb.erb” extension is found, the controller will render that view by default for IGB clients. If the client is using some other browser, or a view with the “.igb.erb” extension is not found, then the default view will be rendered instead.

  • View helpers: Eve::Helpers::JavascriptHelper

    • There are several helper methods added to ActionView, and they are designed to facilitate easy and intuitive generation of proprietary IGB JavaScript calls.

    • These helpers are automatically made accessible to all instances of ActionView::Base.

    • To take advantage of these helpers, your application must make use of ActionView::Base, which is the default in Ruby on Rails.

REQUIREMENTS:

hpricot
activesupport

INSTALL:

sudo gem install eve

LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2010 Colin MacKenzie IV

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the ‘Software’), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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