Little script to take a file of quotes either as an argument or from a redirect and turn it into a CSV that hootsuite will load.

gistfile1.txt

#! /usr/bin/ruby

require 'date'
require 'set'

quotes = $<.readlines.map { |line| line.strip }

tag = "#unicorns"

url = "https://leanpub.com/unicorns"

def used_timestamps
  @used_timestamps ||= Set.new
end

def pick_random thing
  thing[rand 0..(thing.size-1)]
end

def gen_timestamp
  tomorrow = DateTime.now.to_date + 1
  hour_range = (10..22).to_a
  minute_range = (1..3).to_a.map { |min| min * 15 }
  begin
    day = tomorrow + (rand 0..30)
    hour = pick_random hour_range
    minute = pick_random minute_range
    # US dates are the default, so leave it
    timestamp = "#{day.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")} #{hour}:#{minute}"
  end while ! used_timestamps.add?(timestamp)
  timestamp
end

output = quotes.map do |quote|
  next if quote.size == 0
  "#{gen_timestamp},\"#{quote} #{tag}\",\"#{url}\""
end

puts (output ||[]).join "\n"