Example #1
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// TweetTopStory tweets the top story
func TweetTopStory(context schedule.Context) {
	context.Log("Sending top story tweet")

	// Get the top story which has not been tweeted yet, newer than 1 day (we don't look at older stories)
	q := stories.Popular().Limit(1).Order("rank desc, points desc, id desc")

	// Don't fetch old stories
	q.Where("created_at > current_timestamp - interval '1 day'")

	// Don't fetch stories that have already been tweeted
	q.Where("tweeted_at IS NULL")

	// Fetch the stories
	results, err := stories.FindAll(q)
	if err != nil {
		context.Logf("#error getting top story tweet %s", err)
		return
	}

	if len(results) > 0 {
		story := results[0]
		// TWEET
		tweet := fmt.Sprintf("%s #golang %s", story.Name, story.Url)

		_, err := twitter.Tweet(tweet)
		if err != nil {
			context.Logf("#error tweeting top story %s", err)
			return
		}

		// Record that this story has been tweeted in db
		params := map[string]string{"tweeted_at": query.TimeString(time.Now().UTC())}
		err = story.Update(params)
		if err != nil {
			context.Logf("#error updating top story tweet %s", err)
			return
		}
	} else {
		context.Logf("#warn no top story found for tweet")
	}

}
Example #2
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// TweetStory tweets the given story
func TweetStory(context schedule.Context, story *stories.Story) {

	// Base url from config
	baseURL := context.Config("root_url")

	// Link to the primary url for this type of story
	url := story.PrimaryURL()

	// Check for relative urls
	if strings.HasPrefix(url, "/") {
		url = baseURL + url
	}

	tweet := fmt.Sprintf("%s #golang %s", story.Name, url)

	// If the tweet will be too long for twitter, use GN url
	if len(tweet) > 140 {
		tweet = fmt.Sprintf("%s #golang %s", story.Name, baseURL+story.URLShow())
	}

	context.Logf("#info sending tweet:%s", tweet)

	_, err := twitter.Tweet(tweet)
	if err != nil {
		context.Logf("#error tweeting top story %s", err)
		return
	}

	// Record that this story has been tweeted in db
	params := map[string]string{"tweeted_at": query.TimeString(time.Now().UTC())}
	err = story.Update(params)
	if err != nil {
		context.Logf("#error updating top story tweet %s", err)
		return
	}

}