Class: Birdy::Base

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Includes:
Authentication, ImageDownload
Defined in:
lib/birdy/base.rb

Constant Summary

Constants included from ImageDownload

ImageDownload::IMAGES, ImageDownload::ONE_DAY

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from ImageDownload

#download

Methods included from Authentication

#authenticate

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Base

Returns a new instance of Base.



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# File 'lib/birdy/base.rb', line 11

def initialize
  @twitter = authenticate
  poll
end

Instance Method Details

#poll ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/birdy/base.rb', line 16

def poll
  @alert = LinuxNotifier.new

  while true
    tweets.reverse.each do |tweet|
      image_path = download(tweet.user.profile_image_url)
      @alert.show(image_path, tweet.user.name, tweet.text) 
    end

    sleep 60
  end
end

#tweets ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/birdy/base.rb', line 29

def tweets
  options = {}
  if @last_tweet_id
    options[:since_id] = @last_tweet_id
  else
    options[:count] = 1
  end

  begin
    timeline = @twitter.timeline_for(:friends, options) 
  rescue Twitter::RESTError => e
    puts "Twitter is not responding." + e
    timeline = []
  end

  if timeline.length > 0
    @last_tweet_id = timeline.first.id 
  end

  timeline
end