class AutoUp

AutoUp is a Selenium robot to automate bumping vBulletin posts

Example config: github.com/chillum/autoup/blob/master/examples/autoup.yml

Docs: github.com/chillum/autoup/blob/master/README.md

Offline copies of README and example config are also included in this gem.

Public Class Methods

new(yml = File.expand_path('~/.config/autoup.yml')) click to toggle source

Read config file and launch AutoUp (specify the config file to override the default).

# File lib/autoup.rb, line 14
def initialize(yml = File.expand_path('~/.config/autoup.yml'))
  begin
    config = YAML.load_file(yml)
  rescue Errno::ENOENT
    puts("ERROR: no configuration file at #{yml}. Example:")
    puts_url
    return
  end
  config.each { |cfg|
    launch(cfg)
  }
end

Public Instance Methods

browse(web, cfg) click to toggle source

Process a forum board.

# File lib/autoup.rb, line 57
def browse(web, cfg)
  web.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = cfg['timeout']
  web.get(cfg['forum'])

  begin
    login = web.find_element(:name, 'vb_login_username')
    login.clear
    login.send_keys(cfg['user'])
  rescue Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchElementError
    puts("ERROR: unable to load #{cfg['forum']} (does not load or does not contain vb_login_username)")
    return
  end

  pass = web.find_element(:name, 'vb_login_password')
  pass.clear
  pass.send_keys(cfg['pass'])
  pass.submit

  begin
    web.find_element(:link, cfg['user']).click
  rescue Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchElementError
    puts("ERROR: unable to login as #{cfg['user']} on #{cfg['forum']}")
    return
  end

  web.find_element(:link, cfg['stats']).click
  web.find_element(:link, "#{cfg['find']} #{cfg['user']}").click

  links = []
  web.find_elements(:css, 'a[id ^= "thread_title_"]').each { |link|
    links.push link.attribute('href')
  }

  links.each { |link|
    web.get(link)
    begin
      web.find_element(:css, "input[value = '#{cfg['up']}']").click
      puts("UP: #{link}")
    rescue Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchElementError
      puts("SKIP: #{link}")
    end
  }
end

launch(cfg) click to toggle source

Launch the AutoUp process.

# File lib/autoup.rb, line 28
def launch(cfg)
  # Required settings
  unless cfg['forum']
    puts_required('forum')
    return
  end
  unless cfg['user']
    puts_required('user')
    return
  end
  unless cfg['pass']
    puts_required('pass')
    return
  end
  # Optional settings
  cfg['timeout'] ||= 10
  cfg['find']    ||= 'Find all threads started by'
  cfg['stats']   ||= 'Show All Statistics'
  cfg['up']      ||= 'Bump the thread!'

  web = Selenium::WebDriver.for :phantomjs
  begin
    browse(web, cfg)
  ensure
    web.quit
  end
end

Private Instance Methods

puts_required(arg) click to toggle source

# File lib/autoup.rb, line 103
def puts_required(arg)
  puts("ERROR: #{arg} attribute is required. Example configuration:")
  puts_url
end

puts_url() click to toggle source

# File lib/autoup.rb, line 108
def puts_url
  puts('https://github.com/chillum/autoup/blob/master/examples/autoup.yml')
end