module TwitterHelper def twitter_enabled if Rails.application.secrets.twitter Rails.application.secrets.twitter['enabled'] == true end end def twitter_client Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config| config.bearer_token = Rails.application.secrets.twitter['bearer_token'] end end def twitter_handle Rails.application.secrets.twitter['twitter_handle'] end def twitter_user_info $twitter_user_info ||= [] end 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, {: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 if twitter_user_info[0] == nil update_twitter_info else if Time.now > twitter_user_info[0] + 15.minutes update_twitter_info end end twitter_user_info end def twitter_name cached_info[1] end def tweets cached_info[2] end def error_message cached_info[3] end end