class Reddit::Base::BasicClient

Basic client that doesn't make assumptions regarding response type.

The reddit API isn't always consistent with its response types so may return HTML even when JSON is requested. Error pages are a common and unavoidable example.

Constants

DEFAULT_OPTIONS
DEFAULT_URL
DEFAULT_URL_SECURE

Attributes

connection[R]
options[R]

Public Class Methods

new(options) click to toggle source
# File lib/reddit/base/basic_client.rb, line 47
def initialize(options)
  build_connection(options)
end

Public Instance Methods

build_connection(options) click to toggle source
# File lib/reddit/base/basic_client.rb, line 25
def build_connection(options)
  @options = DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge(options)

  @headers = @options.delete(:headers)
  @retries = @options.delete(:retries)
  @secure  = @options.delete(:secure)

  @url = @options[:url] || (@secure ? DEFAULT_URL_SECURE : DEFAULT_URL)

  @connection = Faraday.new(url: @url, headers: @headers) do |builder|
    builder.request  :multipart
    builder.request  :url_encoded
    builder.request  :reddit_authentication, @options
    builder.request  :retry, max: @retries, interval: 2, exceptions: FaradayMiddleware::Reddit::RETRIABLE_ERRORS
    builder.response :follow_redirects
    builder.response :reddit_raise_error
    builder.use      :reddit_modhash
    builder.use      :reddit_rate_limit
    builder.adapter  Faraday.default_adapter
  end
end