Alexander Lang langalex

CTO cobot.me

langalex / rest_client_helpers.rb

Created April 16, 2021 11:12

rest-client stub bad request error with RSpec

	module RestClientHelpers
	def bad_request_error(json_body)
	request = double(:request, redirection_history: nil)
	net_http_res = double(:response, to_hash: {}, code: 400)
	response = RestClient::Response.create(json_body.to_json, net_http_res, request)
	RestClient::BadRequest.new response, 400
	end
	end

	RSpec.configure do \|c\|

langalex / controllers.application\.js

Created September 20, 2020 11:31

async-test

	import Controller from '@ember/controller';

	export default class ApplicationController extends Controller {
	appName = 'Ember Twiddle';
	}

langalex / html.html

Last active October 25, 2016 10:03 — forked from thilo/html.html

An example how to use the bots platform to build a custom report

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scaleable=no">
	<title>Example Report</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<div class="page-header">
	<h1>Example Report</h1>

langalex / bag.rb

Created October 2, 2013 16:45

A data structure to put stuff in and take it out again. NIH syndrome?

	class Bag
	def initialize
	@contents = Hash.new(0)
	end

	def put_in(names, amount)
	@contents[[names].flatten] += amount
	end

	def take_out(name, amount)

langalex / make_timelapse.bash

Created June 8, 2013 15:51

Turns a series of JPEG files into a video.

	#!/bin/bash
	# usage: cd <directory full of JPGs> && make_timelapse

	mkdir ./captures
	COUNTER=0;
	for i in `find . -name '*.JPG'` ;
	do
	#Write the filename to be friendly with ffmpeg's odd filename input
	FILENAME=`printf '%04d.jpg' $COUNTER`
	cp $i ./captures/$FILENAME

langalex / log_calls.rb

Created February 3, 2013 17:35

Extend an object with this module to print out all method calls to it.

	module LogCalls
	def self.extended(b)
	b.class_eval do
	(b.methods - Object.methods).each do \|m\|
	define_method "#{m.to_s.gsub(/[\?\!=]/, '')}_with_logging#{m.to_s[/[\?\!=]/]}" do \|*args\|
	puts m
	send "#{m.to_s.gsub(/[\?\!=]/, '')}_without_logging#{m.to_s[/[\?\!=]/]}", *args
	end
	alias_method_chain m.to_sym, :logging
	end

langalex / .travis.yml

Created January 24, 2013 16:44

Parrallel tests with travis-ci

langalex / backup.rb

Created August 23, 2012 14:13

Couchbase EBS RAID Backup on Scalarium

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	# Backs up the mounted EBS RAID storage used by Couchbase of an EC2 instance using the Scalarium API.
	#
	# Before running the snapshot it stops Couchbase disk writes and then freezes the file system.
	# File system must be XFS.
	#
	# Usage: Backup.new(<scalarium api token>, <mount point for ebs raid>, <name of couchbase bucket to back up>).start (must be run on the EC2 instance).

	require 'rest_client'

langalex / login.sh

Created June 15, 2012 14:37

Logging in to the hotel wifi at Nordic Ruby 2012

	# take one of the wifi cards from the bar and fill in the blanks
	# this wil log you into the hotel wifi without having to type in the username/password every time

	curl -XPOST -d "username=<username>&password=<password>&operator=homerun.telia.com" https://login.homerun.telia.com/sd/login

langalex / credits.rb

Created April 21, 2012 23:19

Ruby Script to generate the intro and credits for my Railsgirls Berlin film

	# encoding: utf-8
	require_relative 'type'
	require 'yaml'

	30.times {puts}

	sleep 2

	command '"That was: #{event.name} #{Location.current} #{Date.today.year}"', "=> That was: Railsgirls Berlin 2012"