Class: Distraction

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/distraction.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.hn ⇒ Object

display the top ten links on HN homepage



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# File 'lib/distraction.rb', line 91

def self.hn()
  begin
    ping = Net::HTTP.get(URI('http://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?tags=front_page'))
    listing = JSON.parse(ping)
    listing = listing['hits']
    i = 1
    while (i < 11)
      line = "  " + i.to_s.rjust(2, " ") + ".  " + listing[i]['title']
      i += 1
      puts line
    end
    puts "\nWhich article would you like to open?"
    story = STDIN.gets.chomp()
    story = story.to_i

    if ((story < 11) && (story > 0))
      result_url = listing[story]['url']
      if result_url.start_with?("/comments/")
        result_url = "http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=#{listing[story]['id']}"
      end
      puts "\nOpening link (#{result_url}) in 5 seconds... CTRL + C to quit."
      sleep(5)
      `open #{result_url}`
    else
      puts "Come on, son."
    end
  rescue
    puts "The HN API we're using isn't responding right now. Let's try again later."
  end
end

.reddit_fact(open) ⇒ Object

display the top link from TIL



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# File 'lib/distraction.rb', line 6

def self.reddit_fact(open)
  begin
    ping = Net::HTTP.get(URI('http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/top.json?t=day&limit=5'))
    listing = JSON.parse(ping)
    listing = listing['data']['children']

    # check if NSFW
    result = listing.each do |l|
      break l['data'] if (!l['data']['over_18'])
    end
    result_title = result['title'].gsub('TIL', 'Did you know...')
    result_domain = result['domain']
    result_url = result['url']

    case open
    when true
      puts result_title + "\n\nOpening link from (#{result_domain}) in 10 seconds... CTRL + C to quit."
      sleep(10)
      `open #{result_url}`
    when false
      puts result_title + "\n\nYou can type 'distraction fact open' to open the link in a browser."
    end

  rescue
    puts "Reddit isn't responding right now. Let's try again later."
  end
end

.reddit_top(subreddit) ⇒ Object

display the top ten links on Reddit frontpage



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# File 'lib/distraction.rb', line 35

def self.reddit_top(subreddit)
  begin
    ping = Net::HTTP.get(URI('http://www.reddit.com/r/' + subreddit + '.json?limit=10'))
    listing = JSON.parse(ping)
    listing = listing['data']['children']

    listing.each_with_index do |l, i|
      line = " " + (i+1).to_s.rjust(2, " ") + ".  " + l['data']['title'] + " (" + l['data']['domain'] + ")"
      if l['data']['over_18']
        line = line + " (NSFW)"
      end
      puts line
    end
    puts "\nWhich link would you like to open?"
    story = STDIN.gets.chomp()
    story = story.to_i

    if ((story < 11) && (story > 0))
      result = listing[story-1]['data']
      result_domain = result['domain']
      result_url = result['url']
      puts "\nOpening link from (#{result_domain}) in 5 seconds... CTRL + C to quit."
      sleep(5)
      `open #{result_url}`
    else
      puts "Come on, son."
    end
  rescue
    puts "Oops, either Reddit isn't responding or that subreddit doesn't exist!"
  end
end

.reddit_vid ⇒ Object

picks a random video off r/videos



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# File 'lib/distraction.rb', line 68

def self.reddit_vid()
  begin
    ping = Net::HTTP.get(URI('http://www.reddit.com/r/videos.json')) # gets 25 top vids
    listing = JSON.parse(ping)
    listing = listing['data']['children']
    nsfw_flag = true # true means it is nsfw
    randomVideo = 0
    while nsfw_flag
      randomVideo = rand(24) # random between 0 and 24
      nsfw_flag = listing[randomVideo]['data']['over_18']
    end
    result = listing[randomVideo]['data']
    result_domain = result['domain']
    result_url = result['url']
    puts "Opening video from (#{result_domain}) in 5 seconds... CTRL + C to quit."
    sleep(5)
    `open #{result_url}`
  rescue
    puts "Oops, something went wrong! Let's try again later."
  end
end