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-rw-r--r--app/helpers/twitter_helper.rb36
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/twitter_helper.rb b/app/helpers/twitter_helper.rb
index f824a03..2312ed9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/twitter_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/twitter_helper.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,37 @@ module TwitterHelper
def update_twitter_info
twitter_user_info[0] = Time.now
twitter_user_info[1] = twitter_client.user(twitter_handle).name
- twitter_user_info[2] = twitter_client.user_timeline(twitter_handle).select{ |tweet| tweet.text.start_with?('RT','@')==false}.take(3)
+ twitter_user_info[2] = twitter_client.user_timeline(twitter_handle, {:count => 200}).select{ |tweet| tweet.text.start_with?('RT','@')==false}.take(3)
+ if twitter_user_info[2] == nil
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "The twitter handle does not exist or the account's tweets are protected. Please change the privacy settings accordingly."
+ end
+ rescue Twitter::Error::BadRequest
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "The request for displaying tweets is invalid or cannot be otherwise served."
+ rescue Twitter::Error::Unauthorized
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "The account's tweets are protected and cannot be displayed. Please change the privacy settings of the corresponding account."
+ rescue Twitter::Error::Forbidden
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "The request for displaying tweets is understood, but it has been refused or access is not allowed."
+ rescue Twitter::Error::NotAcceptable
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "An invalid format is specified in the request for displaying tweets."
+ rescue Twitter::Error::TooManyRequests
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "The rate-limit for accessing the tweets is reached. You should be able to display tweets in a couple of minutes."
+ rescue Twitter::Error::NotFound
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "The twitter hanlde does not exist."
+ rescue Twitter::Error
+ error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[3] = "An error occured while fetching the tweets."
+ end
+
+ def error_handling
+ twitter_user_info[2] = []
+ return twitter_user_info
end
def cached_info
@@ -43,4 +73,8 @@ module TwitterHelper
def tweets
cached_info[2]
end
+
+ def error_message
+ cached_info[3]
+ end
end