Class: Fourchan::Kit::Board

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/fourchan/kit/board.rb

Overview

Board is used to deal with a 4chan board.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(board) ⇒ Board

Returns a new instance of Board.



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# File 'lib/fourchan/kit/board.rb', line 9

def initialize(board)
  if Kit.fourchan_boards.include?(board)
    @name  = board
    @board = API.get_catalog(board)
  else
    raise "Not a valid board."
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#board ⇒ Object (readonly) Also known as: catalog

Returns the value of attribute board.



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# File 'lib/fourchan/kit/board.rb', line 7

def board
  @board
end

Instance Method Details

#all_posts ⇒ Array

Returns all posts for the entire board.

Note: This method is pretty slow. Just wait for it to finish.

Returns:

  • (Array) 


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# File 'lib/fourchan/kit/board.rb', line 63

def all_posts
  posts = []
  @board.each_with_index do |_, i|
    posts << posts(i + 1)
  end
  posts.flatten
end

#all_threads ⇒ Array

Returns all threads, but not its replies, for the entire board.

Returns:

  • (Array) 


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# File 'lib/fourchan/kit/board.rb', line 35

def all_threads
  all_threads = []
  @board.each do |page|
    all_threads << threads(page["page"])
  end
  all_threads.flatten
end

#posts(page = 1) ⇒ Array

Returns all the posts from the threads on a page.

Parameters:

  • page (Integer) (defaults to: 1) —

    the page to get threads from.

Returns:

  • (Array) 


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# File 'lib/fourchan/kit/board.rb', line 48

def posts(page = 1)
  posts   = []
  threads = threads(page)
  threads.each do |t|
    thread = Thread.new(@name, t.no)
    posts << thread.posts
  end
  posts.flatten
end

#threads(page = 1) ⇒ Array

Returns only the first post (OP) from the threads on a page.

Parameters:

  • page (Integer) (defaults to: 1) —

    the page to get threads from.

Returns:

  • (Array) 


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# File 'lib/fourchan/kit/board.rb', line 23

def threads(page = 1)
  threads = []
  @board[page - 1]["threads"].each do |thread|
    threads << Post.new(thread, @name)
  end
  threads
end