WatirmarkEmail::BaseController

timeout.rb

    def get_email_text(search_array, timeout=600, delete=true, since_sec=3600)
      # Trying super ugly workaraound for the gmail 'Too many simlutaneous connections' error.
      # Just trying to login to gmail and if it fails try to wait until other connections
      # are closed and try again.
      email_text    = nil
      email_subject = nil
      email_uid     = nil

      ::Timeout.timeout(timeout) do
        @log.debug("start Timeout block for #{timeout} seconds")
        loop do
          begin
            imap = connect
            msgs = imap.search(search_array)
            if (msgs && msgs.length > 0)
              email_id      = msgs.last
              email_uid     = imap.fetch(email_id, 'UID').last.attr['UID']
              email_text    = imap.uid_fetch(email_uid, 'BODY[TEXT]').last.attr['BODY[TEXT]']
              envelope      = imap.uid_fetch(email_uid, 'ENVELOPE').last.attr['ENVELOPE']
              email_subject = envelope.subject
            end
          rescue => e
            @log.info("Error connecting to IMAP: #{e.message}")
          ensure
            if (delete && email_uid)
              @log.info("Deleting the email message #{email_subject}")
              delete(email_uid, imap)
            end
            disconnect(imap) unless imap.nil? # because sometimes the timeout happens before imap is defined
          end
          break if email_text
          @log.debug("Couldn't find email yet ... trying again")
          sleep 10
        end
      end
      email_text
    end