simple-fourchan 0.0.8 → 0.0.9

data/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 4chan
 
-Simple 4chan is a gem that fetches posts from 4chan. Current version only fetches a specific listing. Once 4chan released api for index, simple-fourchan will be able to show index treads of a message board.
+Simple 4chan is a gem that fetches posts from 4chan. A complete reading solution to fetch posts from 4chan into your ruby, any rack-based or rails app. You set the board and simple-fourchan will fetch all posts from a board or thread number.
 
 ## Installation
 

data/lib/simple-fourchan.rb

@@ -4,25 +4,74 @@ require "json"
 require "ostruct"
 
 module Fourchan
+
+  FOURCHAN_BOARDS = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "gif", "h", "hr", "k", "m", "o", "p", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "vg", "w", "wg", "i", "ic", "r9k", "cm", "hm", "y", "3", "adv", "an", "cgl", "ck", "co", "diy", "fa", "fit", "hc", "int", "jp", "lit", "mlp", "mu", "n", "po", "pol", "sci", "soc", "sp", "tg", "toy", "trv", "tv", "vp", "wsg", "x", "rs", "status", "q"]
+
   class Post
     def initialize( board, thread)
       @board = board
-      @thread = thread.to_i
+      thread = thread.to_i
       @posts = []
-      temp = JSON.parse(open("http://api.4chan.org/#{@board}/res/#{@thread}.json").read)["posts"]
-        temp.each do |post|
-          tim = post["tim"]
-          post.merge!({"image" => "http://images.4chan.org/#{@board}/src/#{tim}.jpg"}) unless tim.nil?
-          post.merge!({"thumb" => "http://thumbs.4chan.org/#{@board}/thumb/#{tim}s.jpg"}) unless tim.nil?
-          post.merge!({"link" => "http://boards.4chan.org/#{@board}/res/#{@thread}"})
-          @posts << OpenStruct.new(post)
-        end
-      @posts
+      begin
+        temp = JSON.parse(open("http://api.4chan.org/#{@board}/res/#{thread}.json").read)["posts"]
+          temp.each do |post|
+            tim = post["tim"]
+            post.merge!({"image" => "http://images.4chan.org/#{@board}/src/#{tim}.jpg"}) unless tim.nil?
+            post.merge!({"thumb" => "http://thumbs.4chan.org/#{@board}/thumb/#{tim}s.jpg"}) unless tim.nil?
+            post.merge!({"link" => "http://boards.4chan.org/#{@board}/res/#{thread}"})
+            @posts << OpenStruct.new(post)
+          end
+        @posts
+      rescue Exception => e
+        puts "The thread number #{thread} cannot be fetch. Please try later."
+      end
     end
 
     def all
       @posts
     end
+  # end of post class
+  end
+
+  class Board
+    def initialize( board )
+      @board = board
+    end
 
+    def exist?
+      FOURCHAN_BOARDS.include?(@board)
+    end
+
+    # page fetches all threads from that page
+    def page(page = 0)
+      @threads = []
+
+      begin
+          temp = JSON.parse(open("http://api.4chan.org/#{@board}/#{page}.json").read)["threads"]
+            temp.each do |post_thread|
+              post_thread_number = post_thread["posts"][0]["no"]
+              tim = post_thread["posts"][0]["tim"]
+              post_thread_thumb = "http://thumbs.4chan.org/#{@board}/thumb/#{tim}s.jpg"
+              thread_url = "http://boards.4chan.org/#{@board}/res/#{post_thread_number}"
+              hash = {"thread" => post_thread_number, "board" => @board, "thumb" => post_thread_thumb, "url" => thread_url}
+              @threads << OpenStruct.new(hash) unless post_thread_number.nil?
+            end
+      rescue Exception => e
+        puts "The board #{@board} page number #{page} cannot be fetched. Please try again."
+      end
+      @threads
+    end
+
+    # threads return all thread numbers and thumbs from a specific board
+    def threads
+      threads = []
+      (0..15).each do |i|
+        threads << self.page(i)
+      end
+      threads.flatten!
+    end
+  # end of board class
   end
+
+# End of module
 end

data/lib/simple-fourchan/version.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Simple
   module Fourchan
-    VERSION = "0.0.8"
+    VERSION = "0.0.9"
   end
 end

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: simple-fourchan
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.0.8
+  version: 0.0.9
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2012-09-07 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2012-09-08 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: json