gmplurk - Post good morning, afternoon, evening, night to Plurk

Introduction

Gmplurk is a Ruby script that posts good morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight, or any time-based phrases you configure (see Config file below) to Plurk.

Installation

1. Run bundle install to install the required Ruby gems.
2. Set up the config file. (See below)

Usage

$ bundle exec ruby run.rb -h
Post good morning, good afternoon, etc, to Plurk depending on time of day.

Usage: run.rb [options]"

    -h, -?, --help                   Show this help.
    -l, --login                      Ignore saved token and force a new login
        --token-file=FILENAME        Set name of token file. Default: ~/.gmplurk.token
        --config-file=FILENAME       Set name of config file. Default: ~/.gmplurk.conf

Run the script without any options, i.e. bundle exec ruby run.rb, and it will do its thing. If this is the first time you are using the script, it will launch the Plurk login page in a browser so you can get an authentication code.

Config file

The gmplurk configuration file is in HOCON format. By default, gmplurk will read .gmplurk.conf in your home directory for its configuration.

An example config file follows:

plurk_api {
    consumer_key = "KEY"
    consumer_secret = "SECRET"
}

periods = [
    {
        start = 21
        end = 3
        msg = "Goodnight"
    }
    {
        start = 3
        end = 12
        msg = "Good morning"
    }
    {
        start = 12
        end = 17
        msg = "Good afternoon"
    }
    {
        start = 17
        end = 21
        msg = "Good evening"
    }
]

KEY and SECRET need to be filled in with the app key and app secret from the app that you set up in My Plurk Apps.

• Go to My Plurk Apps and click on "Create a new Plurk App".
• At a minimum, fill in the app name, organization, website, and description.
• Click on "Register App". Plurk should take you back to My Plurk Apps.
• Click on "edit" for the app you just added. Then copy the app key and app secret to the config file.

The periods section in the config file sets up a list of time periods and the message that will be posted to Plurk in each period. In the above example, the script will post "Good morning" to Plurk at or after 3am and before noon. Note that the start hour can be greater than the end hour if the time period crosses midnight. In the above example, the script posts "Goodnight" from 9pm to 3am.