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Spina Pro Message Inbox Setup

As of 01/07/2025, the Spina Pro Messages guide is unpublished, making it a little difficult getting up and running with message inboxes. Below is information I've peiced together while trying to get it running. Hopefully it can help the next person.

Prerequisites

Spina pro installed using this guide.
You have config.plugins = [ "Pro" ] set in your config/spina.rb config.

Generate your Message object

A heart created with D3 and a nice formula found on Wolfram to celebrate Valentine's Day!

The blog can be found here
The second example of a heart from one sharp line can be found here

A representation of the current time of year using the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

The position of the Earth in orbit around the Sun indicates the hour of year. The Earth itself is a pie chart indicating the second of day. The Moon's position in orbit around the Earth indicates the hour of month. The time is updated every second.

CodePen demo

	<%= form_with model: citizen, class: "card flex flex-col gap", data: { controller: "form" } do \|form\| %>
	<div class="flex flex-col gap mb-2">
	<div class="flex flex-col gap-half">
	<% countries = Country.order(:name) %>
	<%= label_tag :country_id, "Country", class: "text-sm font-medium leading-none" %>
	<%= select_tag :country_id, options_from_collection_for_select(countries, :id, :name, citizen.country_id), include_blank: "Select one", class: "input", data: { action: "form#submit", form_submitter_param: "on_country_change" } %>
	</div>

	<div class="flex flex-col gap-half">
	<% states = State.where(country_id: citizen.country_id).order(:name) %>

	import org.openrndr.application
	import org.openrndr.color.ColorRGBa
	import org.openrndr.draw.ColorFormat
	import org.openrndr.draw.colorBuffer
	import org.openrndr.draw.loadImage
	import org.openrndr.draw.shadeStyle
	import org.openrndr.extra.noise.poissonDiskSampling
	import org.openrndr.extra.olive.oliveProgram
	import org.openrndr.extras.easing.easeQuadIn
	import org.openrndr.extras.easing.easeQuadInOut

	/**
	* server/dataSources/Auth.js
	* Auth implementation, it's not really a dataSource so it doesn't need to be here
	*/
	const { authenticate, createJwt } = require('../lib/passport');
	const { ON_HTTPS } = require('../configs');

	const ONE_MINUTE = 1000 * 60;
	const ONE_DAY = ONE_MINUTE * 60 * 24;
	const ONE_MONTH = ONE_DAY * 30;

	data Graph = Graph
	{ pointsLeft :: Set.Set (V2 Double)
	-- ^ All the points in the whole graph left to be connected
	, branches :: Set.Set LineSegment
	-- ^ All branches we have found, connecting two points
	, currentPoints :: [V2 Double]
	-- ^ Points that are currently being processed
	, maxDist :: Double
	-- ^ Maximum distance a thing can be away from a thing
	}

	# author: tmwhere.com

	# --- third party dependencies
	PIXI = require('pixi.dev')
	_ = require('lodash')

	noise = require('perlin').noise
	Quadtree = require('quadtree').Quadtree
	seedrandom = require('seedrandom')
	# ---

	# Be sure to save your config files. Optional but I do:
	sudo cp /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf ~
	sudo cp /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/pg_hba.conf ~

	# Package repo (for apt-get)
	wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc \| sudo apt-key add -
	sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/postgresql.list'

	# Also probably optional but I like to update sources and upgrade
	sudo apt-get update

	license: mit
	height: 300
	scrolling: no
	border: no