Class: DontRepeatFor

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/dont_repeat_for.rb,
lib/dont_repeat_for/version.rb

Overview

Runs a block only once in the given time frame Uses redis to know if we’ve run the block before. Example 1: “‘ruby

20.times do
  DontRepeatFor.new("test_dont_repeat/test", 5.minutes) { puts "This message will only be displayed once every 5 minutes.";
  sleep(1.minute)
end

“‘

@hint: You can include an ID in the key to enforce rate limiting for a specific store.

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
'1.0.0.0'

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(time, key) ⇒ DontRepeatFor

Returns a new instance of DontRepeatFor.

Parameters:

  • time (Integer) —

    The amount of seconds that we don’t want to repeat the process for

  • key (String) —

    A unique key to identify the process that we don’t want to repeat for the given time



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# File 'lib/dont_repeat_for.rb', line 21

def initialize(time, key)
  @key = key
  @time = time.to_i

  return nil if ran_recently?

  remember_not_to_repeat!

  yield
end

Instance Attribute Details

#key ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute key.



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# File 'lib/dont_repeat_for.rb', line 16

def key
  @key
end

#time ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute time.



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# File 'lib/dont_repeat_for.rb', line 16

def time
  @time
end