blog_helper 0.0.8 → 0.0.9

data/README.md

@@ -79,28 +79,14 @@ Create a page called `tagged.rhtml` in your `templates/pages` directory that loo
     <%#
     # search given tags...
     %>
-
     <%
-     require 'cgi'
      require 'blog_helper'
-
-     desired_tag = env["QUERY_STRING"]
-       if desired_tag
-         start = desired_tag.index("=")
-         stop = desired_tag.index("&")
-         stop = 0 unless stop
-         desired_tag = desired_tag[start+1..stop-1]
-         desired_tag = CGI::unescape(desired_tag)
-       end
-
+     desired_tag = BlogHelper::desired_tag(env["QUERY_STRING"])
     %>
     <h1>Posts filed under '<%= desired_tag %>': </h1>
     <ul>
 
-    <% @articles.select do |a|
-      tags = BlogHelper::csv_to_array(a[:tags])
-      tags.include?(desired_tag) if tags
-    end.each do |article| %>
+    <% BlogHelper::desired_articles(@articles, desired_tag).each do |article| %>
       <li>
         <span class="descr"><a href="<%= article.path %>" alt="<%= article.title %>"><%= article.title %></a><br/></span>
       </li>
@@ -110,11 +96,12 @@ Create a page called `tagged.rhtml` in your `templates/pages` directory that loo
 
 Now, you did most likely implement a tag listing on your toto blog. Congrats!
 
-BTW: part of my to dos is encapsulating the tag parsing process so you won't have to fiddle around with too much ruby code here...
 
-### shor url (via bit.ly)
+### short url (via bit.ly)
+
+To use a bit.ly shortened URL, just call the followin function inside a .rhtml file:
 
-    short_url = BlogHelper::short_url_bitly(<url>, <bit.ly login nam>, <bit.ly api key>)
+    <%= BlogHelper::short_url_bitly(<url>, <bit.ly login name>, <bit.ly api key>) %>
 
 
 ### disqus comment counter

data/Rakefile

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require 'rake/testtask'
 
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'blog_helper'
-  s.version = '0.0.8'
+  s.version = '0.0.9'
   s.has_rdoc = true
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ['README.md', 'LICENSE']
   s.summary = 'Some handy helpers for serious, toto and the likes...'

data/lib/blog_helper.rb

@@ -58,9 +58,34 @@ module BlogHelper
   def BlogHelper.short_url_bitly(url, login, api_key)
     if api_key != "" && login != ""
       rest_call=%{http://api.bit.ly/v3/shorten?login=#{login}&apikey=#{api_key}&longUrl=#{url}&format=txt}
-      Net::HTTP::get(URI.parse(rest_call))
+      Net::HTTP::get(URI.parse(rest_call)) # handle http errors (esp. timeouts!)
     else
       url #fallback: return url to shorten - or nil if it isn't set
     end
   end
+  #desired articles matching a corresponding tag
+  def BlogHelper.desired_articles(articles, tag)
+    if(articles && tag)
+      articles.select do |a|
+        tags = BlogHelper::csv_to_array(a[:tags])
+        tags.include?(tag) if tags
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  # extract desired tag from <code>env["QUERY_STRING"]</code> or an equally formed expression, e.g. tag=desired_tag
+  def BlogHelper.desired_tag(query_string)
+    if query_string
+      start = query_string.index("tag=")
+      if start
+        start = start + 3
+        stop = query_string.index("&")
+        stop = 0 unless stop
+        desired_tag = query_string[start+1..stop-1]
+        desired_tag = CGI::unescape(desired_tag)
+      else
+        '' #fallback: return empty string to prevent nil errors
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
 end

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: blog_helper
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 15
+  hash: 13
   prerelease: false
   segments: 
   - 0
   - 0
-  - 8
-  version: 0.0.8
+  - 9
+  version: 0.0.9
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - "Sven Kr\xC3\xA4uter"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2010-07-16 00:00:00 +02:00
+date: 2010-07-20 00:00:00 +02:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []