redis_timeline

redis-timeline

Redis backed timelines in your app.

Features

• store your timeline in Redis.

Examples

The simple way...

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  include Timeline::Track

  track :new_post
end

By default, track fires in the after_create callback of your model and uses self as the object and creator as the actor.

You can specify these options explicity...

class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
  include Timeline::Track
  belongs_to :author, class_name: "User"
  belongs_to :post

  track :new_comment,
    actor: :author,
    followers: :post_participants,
    object: [:body],
    on: :update,
    target: :post

  delegate :participants, to: :post, prefix: true
end

Parameters

track accepts the following parameters...

the first param is the verb name.

The rest all fit neatly in an options hash.

• on: [ActiveModel callback] You use it to specify whether you want the timeline activity created after a create, update or destroy. Default: :create

• actor: [the method that specifies the object that took this action] In the above example, comment.author is this object. Default: :creator, so make sure this exists if you don't specify a method here

• object: defaults to self, which is good most of the time. You can override it if you need to

• target: [related to the :object method above. In the example this is the post related to the comment] default: nil

• followers: [who should see this story in their timeline. This references a method on the actor] Defaults to the method followers defined by Timeline::Actor.

• extra_fields: [accepts an array of method names that you would like to cache the value of in your timeline] Defaults to nil.

• if: symbol or proc/lambda lets you put conditions on when to track.

Display a timeline

To retrieve a timeline for a user...

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  include Timeline::Actor
end

The timeline objects are just hashes that are extended by Hashie to provide method access to the keys.

user = User.find(1)
user.timeline # => [<Timeline::Activity verb='new_comment' ...>]

Requirements

• redis
• active_support
• hashie

Install

Install redis.

Add to your Gemfile:

gem 'redis-timeline'

Or install it by hand:

gem install redis-timeline

Setup your redis instance. For a Rails app, something like this...

# in config/initializers/redis.rb

Timeline.redis = "localhost:6379/timeline"

Author

Original author: Felix Clack

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Felix Clack

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