// twister_timeline.js // 2013 Miguel Freitas // // Provides objects to keep track of timeline display state to request new posts efficiently. // // Currently is being used only for "home" timeline, but the list of users can be an arbitrary // subset of users we follow. In other words: this objects may be used for displaying profiles // of those users more efficiently than iterating through dht posts. var _idTrackerMap = {}; var _idTrackerSpam = new idTrackerObj(); var _lastHaveMap = {}; var _refreshInProgress = false; var _newPostsPending = 0; var timelineLoaded = false; /* object to keep tracking of post ids for a given user, that is, which * posts have already been received, processed, shown + which ones to request. * modes of operation: * "latestFirstTime" this is the first time the timeline is obtained, we known * nothing about the last post ids. there will be no gap since * timeline is empty on screen. * "latest" this is used when we have a timeline on screen but we want to update * it with the latest posts. since getposts rpc may limit the number of * posts to receive, a gap may be created. that is, between the most * recent post of the previous update and the lower id received by getposts. * "fillgap" this is used to fill the gap after "latest" was used. * "older" this is used to scroll down the timeline, to older posts than are * currently being shown on screen. */ function idTrackerObj() { this.latest = -1; this.oldest = -1; this.gapHigh = -1; this.gapLow = -1; // getRequest method creates a single user item of getposts rpc list parameter this.getRequest = function (mode) { if( mode == 'latest' || mode == 'latestFirstTime' ) { this.gapHigh = -1; this.gapLow = this.latest; return { since_id: this.latest }; } else if( mode == 'fillgap') { return { max_id: this.gapHigh-1, since_id: this.gapLow }; } else if( mode == 'older') { return ( this.oldest >= 0 ) ? { max_id: this.oldest-1 } : {}; } else { console.log("getRequest: unknown mode"); } } // receiveId method notifies that a post was received (and possibly shown) this.receivedId = function (mode, id, shown){ if( id > this.latest ) this.latest = id; if( shown ) { if( this.oldest < 0 || id < this.oldest ) this.oldest = id; } if( mode == 'latest' || mode == 'latestFirstTime' || mode == 'fillgap') { if( this.gapHigh < 0 || id < this.gapHigh ) this.gapHigh = id; } else if( mode == 'older') { // no gaps: posts are already received in descending order } else { console.log("receivedId: unknown mode"); } } } /* object to maintain a request state for several users. * each user is tracked by idTrackerObj in global _idTrackerMap. */ function requestObj(users, mode, count, getspam) { this.users = users; this.mode = mode; // 'latest', 'latestFirstTime' or 'older' this.count = count; this.getspam = getspam; // getRequest method returns the list parameter expected by getposts rpc this.getRequest = function() { var req = []; if( this.mode == 'done') return req; if( this.getspam ) { return _idTrackerSpam.getRequest(this.mode); } for( var i = 0; i < this.users.length; i++ ) { var user = this.users[i]; if( !(user in _idTrackerMap) ) _idTrackerMap[user] = new idTrackerObj(); var r = _idTrackerMap[user].getRequest(this.mode); r.username = user; req.push(r); } return req; } // receiveId method notifies that a post was received (and possibly shown) this.reportProcessedPost = function(user, id, shown) { if( this.getspam ) { _idTrackerSpam.receivedId(this.mode, id, shown); } if( this.users.indexOf(user) >= 0 ) { _idTrackerMap[user].receivedId(this.mode, id, shown); } } // doneReportProcessing is called after an getposts response is processed // mode changing may require a new request (to fill gaps) this.doneReportProcessing = function(receivedCount) { if( this.mode == 'latest') this.mode = 'fillgap'; if( this.mode == 'latestFirstTime') this.mode = 'done'; if( this.mode == 'older') this.mode = 'done'; if( receivedCount < this.count ) this.mode = 'done'; } } // json rpc with requestObj as parameter function requestGetposts(req) { var r = req.getRequest(); if( !req.getspam ) { if( r.length ) { twisterRpc("getposts", [req.count,r], function(req, posts) {processReceivedPosts(req, posts);}, req, function(req, ret) {console.log("ajax error:" + ret);}, req); } } else { twisterRpc("getspamposts", [req.count,r.max_id?r.max_id:-1,r.since_id?r.since_id:-1], function(req, posts) {processReceivedPosts(req, posts);}, req, function(req, ret) {console.log("ajax error:" + ret);}, req); } } // callback to getposts rpc when updating the timeline // process the received posts (adding them to screen) and do another // request if needed function processReceivedPosts(req, posts) { for( var i = 0; i < posts.length; i++ ) { var post = posts[i]; var streamPost = postToElem(post, "original"); var timePost = post["userpost"]["time"]; streamPost.attr("data-time",timePost); // post will only be shown if appended to the stream list var streamPostAppended = false; // insert the post in timeline ordered by (you guessed) time // FIXME: lame! searching everything everytime. please optimize! var streamItemsParent = $.MAL.getStreamPostsParent(); var streamItems = streamItemsParent.children(); if( streamItems.length == 0) { // timeline is empty streamItemsParent.append( streamPost ); streamPostAppended = true; } else { var j = 0; for( j = 0; j < streamItems.length; j++) { var streamItem = streamItems.eq(j); var timeItem = streamItem.attr("data-time"); if( timeItem == undefined || timePost > parseInt(timeItem) ) { // this post in stream is older, so post must be inserted above streamItem.before(streamPost); streamPostAppended = true; break; } } if( j == streamItems.length ) { // no older posts in stream, so post is to be inserted below if( req.mode == "older" || req.mode == "latestFirstTime" ) { // note: when filling gaps, the post must be discarded (not // shown) since it can never be older than what we already // have on timeline. this is a problem due to requesting from // several users at the same time, as some older posts might // be included to complete the in getposts because // other users may have already been excluded by since_id. streamItemsParent.append( streamPost ); streamPostAppended = true; } } } if( streamPostAppended ) { streamPost.show(); } req.reportProcessedPost(post["userpost"]["n"],post["userpost"]["k"], streamPostAppended); } req.doneReportProcessing(posts.length); if( req.mode == "done" ) { timelineLoaded = true; $.MAL.postboardLoaded(); _refreshInProgress = false; } else { requestGetposts(req); } } // request timeline update for a given list of users function requestTimelineUpdate(mode, count, timelineUsers, getspam) { if( _refreshInProgress ) return; $.MAL.postboardLoading(); _refreshInProgress = true; if( timelineUsers.length ) { var req = new requestObj(timelineUsers, mode, count, getspam); requestGetposts(req); } else { console.log("requestTimelineUpdate: not following any users"); } if( mode == "latest" || mode == "latestFirstTime" ) { _newPostsPending = 0; $.MAL.reportNewPosts(0); } } // getlasthave is called every second to check if followed users have posted anything new function requestLastHave() { twisterRpc("getlasthave", [defaultScreenName], function(req, ret) {processLastHave(ret);}, null, function(req, ret) {console.log("ajax error:" + ret);}, null); } // handle getlasthave response. the increase in lasthave cannot be assumed to // produce new items for timeline since some posts might be directmessages (which // won't be returned by getposts, normally). function processLastHave(userHaves) { var reqConfirmNewPosts = []; var newPostsLocal = 0; for( var user in userHaves ) { if( userHaves.hasOwnProperty(user) ) { // checks for _idTrackerMap as well. the reason is that getlasthave // returns all users we follow, but the current timeline might be // for just a single user. if( user in _lastHaveMap && user in _idTrackerMap) { if( userHaves[user] > _lastHaveMap[user] ) { newPostsLocal += userHaves[user] - _lastHaveMap[user]; reqConfirmNewPosts.push( {username:user, since_id:_lastHaveMap[user]} ); } } _lastHaveMap[user] = userHaves[user]; if( user == defaultScreenName ) { if( lastPostId == undefined || userHaves[user] > lastPostId ) { incLastPostId(userHaves[user]); } } } } // now do a getposts to confirm the number of new haves with are effectively new public posts if( newPostsLocal ) { twisterRpc("getposts", [newPostsLocal, reqConfirmNewPosts], function(expected, posts) {processNewPostsConfirmation(expected, posts);}, newPostsLocal, function(req, ret) {console.log("ajax error:" + ret);}, null); } } // callback for getposts to update the number of new pending posts not shown in timeline function processNewPostsConfirmation(expected, posts) { _newPostsPending += posts.length; if( _newPostsPending ) { $.MAL.reportNewPosts(_newPostsPending); } if( posts.length < expected ) { // new DMs have probably been produced by users we follow. // check with getdirectmsgs requestDMsCount(); } // TODO: possibly cache this response } function timelineChangedUser() { _idTrackerMap = {}; _idTrackerSpam = new idTrackerObj(); _lastHaveMap = {}; _refreshInProgress = false; _newPostsPending = 0; timelineLoaded = false; }