act_as_pingback

act_as_pingback

---

A rails integration for pingback-ruby

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'act_as_pingback', github: 'democracy-news/act_as_pingback'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install act_as_pingback

Usage

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Pingback.configure do |config|
  config.api_token = ENV['PINGBACK_TOKEN']
end

Install act_as_pingback in the models you want and enable which fields you want to include in the pingback:

class Post < ApplicationRecord
  act_as_pingback fields: [
                    :title,
                    :body,
                    :url
                  ]
end

This would send a request to pingback.democracy.news with:

{
  title: "Hello world",
  body: "<p>I created this using a tutorial from https://google.com and <a href=\"https://code.tutsplus.com/\">envato</a></p>",
  url: "https://myblog.com/posts/hello-world"
}

on post#create and post#update post#delete by default.

url by default will be Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.url(self). To override this:

class Post < ApplicationRecord
  act_as_pingback fields: [
                    :formatted_title,
                    :body,
                    :url
                  ],
                  callbacks: false,
                  on: [
                    :create
                  ],
                  async: true,
                  queue: 'cms'

    def url
      "https://myotherblog.com/posts/#{slug}"
    end

    def formatted_title
      "[POST] #{title}"
    end
end

Becomes:

{
  title: "[POST] Hello world",
  body: "<p>I created this using a tutorial from https://google.com and <a href=\"https://code.tutsplus.com/\">envato</a></p>",
  url: "https://myotherblog.com/posts/hello-world"
}

Options

Argument	Type	Default	Description
fields	Array (symbols)	[]	A list of the fields to include in the request. These would be any with links to process.
callbacks	Boolean	true	Trigger on active record callbacks? (Only enabled for ActiveRecord objects)
on	Array	:create, :update, :delete	Which lifecycle events should this library fire for
async	Boolean	false	Should this be run in the background?
queue	String	default	The queue name for this to run in (Only supports Sidekiq right now)

# example
class Post < ApplicationRecord
  act_as_pingback fields: [
                    :title,
                    :body,
                    :url
                  ],
                  callbacks: false,
                  on: [
                    :create
                  ],
                  async: true,
                  queue: 'cms'

end

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/democracy-news/act_as_pingback. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the ClassName project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.

Development team

People

• Myk Klemme - @mklemme Lead developer and maintainer for this project.

Partners

• Invisible Hat Ventures - @invisiblehats A private startup development agency
• Love.irish - @love-irish A lifestyle-as-a-service for the Irish language
• League of Celts - @league-of-celts A non-profit focused on promoting Celtic languages