gem install currency_rates

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
require 'rubygems'
require 'currency_rates'
 
parser = CurrencyRates::Parser.new('GBP')
puts parser.engage.inspect

[{"currency"=>"USD", "rate"=>"1.58482"}, {"currency"=>"JPY", "rate"=>"130.28671"}, {"currency"=>"BGN", "rate"=>"2.26562"}, {"currency"=>"CZK", "rate"=>"28.05560"}, {"currency"=>"DKK", "rate"=>"8.63284"}, {"currency"=>"ILS", "rate"=>"5.71573"}, {"currency"=>"GBP", "rate"=>"1.00000"}, {"currency"=>"HUF", "rate"=>"317.67159"}, {"currency"=>"LTL", "rate"=>"3.99977"}, {"currency"=>"LVL", "rate"=>"0.81552"}, {"currency"=>"PLN", "rate"=>"4.48653"}, {"currency"=>"RON", "rate"=>"4.94642"}, {"currency"=>"SEK", "rate"=>"10.26180"}, {"currency"=>"CHF", "rate"=>"1.49690"}, {"currency"=>"NOK", "rate"=>"9.11266"}, {"currency"=>"HRK", "rate"=>"8.58558"}, {"currency"=>"RUB", "rate"=>"47.14741"}, {"currency"=>"TRY", "rate"=>"2.50090"}, {"currency"=>"AUD", "rate"=>"1.58992"}, {"currency"=>"BRL", "rate"=>"2.64361"}, {"currency"=>"CAD", "rate"=>"1.57892"}, {"currency"=>"CNY", "rate"=>"10.43290"}, {"currency"=>"HKD", "rate"=>"12.33837"}, {"currency"=>"IDR", "rate"=>"14323.90385"}, {"currency"=>"INR", "rate"=>"72.43649"}, {"currency"=>"KRW", "rate"=>"1770.37938"}, {"currency"=>"MXN", "rate"=>"19.10177"}, {"currency"=>"MYR", "rate"=>"4.83614"}, {"currency"=>"NZD", "rate"=>"2.06591"}, {"currency"=>"PHP", "rate"=>"70.20678"}, {"currency"=>"SGD", "rate"=>"2.02989"}, {"currency"=>"THB", "rate"=>"48.82247"}, {"currency"=>"ZAR", "rate"=>"11.25607"}, {"currency"=>"EUR", "rate"=>"1.15841"}]

 
  require 'aws/s3'
  include AWS::S3
 
  Base.establish_connection!(
      :access_key_id     => 'abc',
      :secret_access_key => '123',
      :default_host => "commondatastorage.googleapis.com"
    )

  git daemon --base-path=/projects/rails_apps/ --export-all

  set :deploy_via, :copy
  set :repository 'git://127.0.0.1/proj_name'

  require 'net/http'
  require 'uri'
 
  # A class specific to the application which generates a google sitemap from
  # the contents of the database.
  # Author: Alastair Brunton
  class GoogleSitemapGenerator
 
    def initialize(base_url, sources)
      @base_url = base_url
      @sources = sources 
    end
 
    # The main generator method which in turn adds to the path_array from the different
    # sources.
    # Sources are: pages, events, properties
    def generate
      path_ar = Array.new
      @sources.each do |source|
        # initialize the class and call the get_paths method on it.
        path_ar = path_ar + eval("#{source}.get_paths")
      end
      xml = generate_xml(path_ar)
      save_file(xml)
      update_google
    end
 
    # This creates the xml document.
  	def generate_xml(path_ar)
  		xml_str = ""
  		xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:target => xml_str)
 
  		xml.instruct!
  			xml.urlset(:xmlns=>'http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84') {
    			path_ar.each do |path|
      	    xml.url {
        	    	xml.loc(@base_url + path[:url])
        			xml.lastmod(path[:last_mod])
        			xml.changefreq('weekly')
     			 }
    			end
  			}	
  		xml_str
  	end
 
  	# Saves the xml file to disc. This could also be used to ping the webmaster tools
  	def save_file(xml)
  		File.open(RAILS_ROOT + '/public/sitemap.xml', "w+") do |f|
  			f.write(xml)	
  		end		
  	end
 
  	# Notify google of the new sitemap
  	def update_google
  	    sitemap_uri = @base_url + '/sitemap.xml'
  	    escaped_sitemap_uri = URI.escape(sitemap_uri)
  	    Net::HTTP.get('www.google.com',
  	                  '/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=' +
  	                  escaped_sitemap_uri)
  	end
 
 
  end

  # for the google sitemap
   def self.get_paths
     path_ar = Array.new
     Property.live_properties.each do |property|
       path_ar << {:url => "/property/#{property.to_param}", :last_mod => property.updated_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}
     end
     path_ar
   end

  namespace :google_sitemap do
    desc "Generate a google sitemap from the site."
    task(:generate => :environment) do
      sources = ['Page', 'Event', 'Property']
      sitemap = GoogleSitemapGenerator.new('http://www.your_url.com', sources)
      sitemap.generate
    end
  end

   cd /var/www/apps/site/current /usr/bin/rake RAILS_ENV=production google_sitemap:generate

  class ApplicationError < RuntimeError
 
  end

  begin
    @user = User.find_by_password_reset_code(params[:id])
    raise ApplicationError if @user.nil?
 
  rescue ApplicationError => msg
    flash[:message] = "Sorry - That is an invalid password reset code. Please check your code and try again. (Perhaps your email client inserted a carriage return?"
    redirect_to logins_url
  end

gem install ruport

./script/plugin install http://iformis.svnrepository.com/svn/rupdf

class Simple < Rupdf::Base
 
  define_variables :report_title
  renders :pdf, :for => Rupdf::Renderer
 
  define_header do
    add_header(report_title)
  end
 
  define_body do
    add_text("hello man\n\n\n")
    add_text("bye man.")
 
    add_text("bye man.")
    add_text("hello man\n\n\n")
    add_text("bye man.")
    add_text("hello man\n\n\n")
    add_text("bye man.")
 
    # add image (path defined at runtime)
    image(smile_path)
 
    add_text("hello man\n\n\n")
    add_text("bye man.")
    add_text("hello man\n\n\n")
 
  end
 
  define_footer do
    footer_text = %(
    This is the beautiful footer text.
    )
    add_footer(footer_text)
  end
 
 
 
  def add_header(title)
    rounded_text_box("<b>#{title}</b>") do |o|
      header_color = Color::RGB.from_html("#FFDE16")
      o.fill_color = header_color
      o.stroke_color = header_color
      o.radius     = 0
      o.width      = options.header_width || 550
      o.height     = options.header_height || 80
      o.font_size  = options.header_font_size || 12
      o.x          = pdf_writer.absolute_right_margin - o.width
      o.y          = pdf_writer.absolute_top_margin
    end
 
 
 
  end
 
  def add_footer(text, options = nil)
 
    unless options
      options = OpenStruct.new(:font_size => 6)
    end
 
    rounded_text_box(text) do |o|
      footer_color = Color::RGB.from_html("#EAECEE")
      o.fill_color = footer_color
      o.stroke_color = footer_color
      o.radius     = 0
      o.width      = options.header_width || 550
      o.height     = options.header_height || 60
      o.font_size  = options.font_size || 12
      o.x          = pdf_writer.absolute_right_margin - o.width
      o.y          = pdf_writer.absolute_bottom_margin + o.height
 
    end
 
  end
 
end

class TestController < ApplicationController
 
  def pdf
    simple = Simple.new
    pdf = Rupdf::Renderer.render_pdf do |o|
      o.report_title = 'This is a test of a var being passed.'
      o.smile_path = RAILS_ROOT + '/public/images/smile.jpg'
    end
    send_pdf(pdf)
  end
 
end

#!/usr/bin/ruby
 
require 'rubygems'
require 'active_record'
require 'simple-rss'
require 'open-uri'
require 'tinder'
include Tinder
 
# Author: Alastair Brunton
# http://www.simplyexcited.co.uk
# Rss to Campfire
 
campfire_domain = 'simplyexcited'
campfire_email = 'cheer@cheerfactory.co.uk'
campfire_password = 'xxxx'
feeds = %w(http://feedserver/edflats.rss)
 
 
ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDERR)
ActiveRecord::Base.colorize_logging = false
 
ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
:adapter => "mysql",
:username => "username",
:password => "password",
:database => "ci_to_campfire"
)
 
# uncomment this section the first time to create the table
 
# ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
#    create_table :items do |table|
#        table.column :feed_identifier, :string
#        table.column :title, :string
#        table.column :link, :string
#        table.column :description, :text
#    end
# end
 
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
  def to_s
    %(Theres been some action:\n
    #{self.title}\n\n
    #{self.description}
    )
  end
end
 
 
campfire = Campfire.new campfire_domain
campfire.login campfire_email, campfire_password
room = campfire.find_room_by_name('The Office')
feeds.each do |rss_url|
  rss_user_agent = "RSS to Campfire"
 
  rss_items = SimpleRSS.parse open(rss_url ,"User-Agent" => rss_user_agent)
 
  for item in rss_items.items
 
    Item.transaction do
      unless existing_item = Item.find(:all, :conditions => ["link=? AND feed_identifier=?", item.link, rss_url]).first
        new_item = Item.create(:title => item.title, :link => item.link, :description => item.description, :feed_identifier => rss_url)
        room.paste(new_item.to_s)
      end
    end
  end
end
room.leave
campfire.logout

  def create_property(options={})
    Property.create!(
    {
      :title => 'Flat in Skye',
      :address_line_1 => 'Flat 2/1',
      :address_line_2 => '75 Old Dumbarton Road',
      :city => 'Glasgow',
      :postcode => 'G3 8RG',
      :short_description => 'Great flat in Yorkhill',
      :full_description => 'This is in a great location and has top views of the university',
      :min_people => 1,
      :max_people => 10,
      :tag_list => "Dishwasher\nTV",
      :landlord_id => 1,
      :is_live => true
    }.merge(options)
    )
  end

  def test_special_dom
    p = create_property(:is_live => false)
    special_dom = p.special_dom('new')
    assert_not_nil(special_dom)
    assert_equal("property_#{p.id}_new", special_dom)
  end

  def setup
    @controller = LandlordAjaxController.new
    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
    @property = create_property
    login_landlord
  end

  def test_back_calendar
    xhr :post, :back_calendar, :property_id => @property.id, :month_date => Date.today.to_s(:db)
    assert_rjs :replace_html, 'months'
  end