Module: Thoth::Plugin::Flickr

Defined in:
lib/thoth/plugin/thoth_flickr.rb

Overview

Flickr plugin for Thoth.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.recent_photos(username, limit = 4) ⇒ Object

Gets recent Flickr photos (up to limit) for the specified username. The return value of this method is cached to improve performance and to avoid abusing the Flickr API.



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# File 'lib/thoth/plugin/thoth_flickr.rb', line 60

def recent_photos(username, limit = 4)
  cache = Ramaze::Cache.plugin
  key   = "recent_photos_#{username}_#{limit}"

  if value = cache[key]
    return value
  end

  @flickr ||= Net::Flickr.new(Config.flickr['api_key'])

  begin
    Timeout.timeout(Config.flickr['request_timeout'].to_i, StandardError) do
      value = cache.store(key, @flickr.people.find_by_username(username).
          photos(:per_page => limit), :ttl => Config.flickr['cache_ttl'])
    end
  rescue => e
    Ramaze::Log.error "Thoth::Plugin::Flickr: #{e.message}"
    return []
  else
    value
  end
end