Class: Infostrada::BaseRequest

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Includes:
HTTParty
Defined in:
lib/infostrada/base_request.rb

Overview

This is the class that every class making API requests must descend from. It includes HTTParty to easily support every type of HTTP request. The basic_auth is set up from the Infostrada.configuration mechanism described in the Infostrada module.

Constant Summary collapse

RETRIES =

How many times should we retry the request if Timeout::Error is raised?

5

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.get!(path, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Used with Timeout::Error rescue so we can keep trying to fetch the information after timeout.



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# File 'lib/infostrada/base_request.rb', line 47

def self.get!(path, options = {}, &block)
  attempts = 1
  result = nil

  begin
    result = get(path, options, &block)
  rescue Timeout::Error => e
    puts "Timeout! Retrying... (#{attempts})"
    attempts += 1
    if attempts > RETRIES
      raise Infostrada::RequestError.new, 'Request timeout'
    else
      retry
    end
  end

  result
end