expirez-v0i6

# Blosxom plug-in: expirez
# Author: Stu MacKenzie <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blosxom/messages>
# Version: v0.61 2005-05-02 (2)
# License: MIT/Public Domain
# expirez home: http://www.enilnomi.net/download.html
# Documentation at the bottom of this file or type: perldoc expirez

package expirez;

# - USAGE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
# set an "expiration date" for an entry by
# adding a meta-tag in this format:
# meta-expire_date: YYYY MM DD
# (and so, expirez requires the meta plugin)
#
# expirez uses a cache file to do its work. When 
# you first add an expiration date to an entry, the 
# cache file is automatically updated; deleting or 
# modifying expiration dates, however, does *not* 
# automatically update the cache. To force an update, 
# either delete the current cache file, or call blosxom 
# with an "?expirez=PASSWORD" CGI param, where PASSWORD 
# is the $recache_password value configured below. 
#
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# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
#
#  Configuration Section
#
# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
#
# Expiration Dates cache file location --
#       The plugin uses a cache file of pathnames and dates to determine 
#       which stories are expired.
#
#      What's the complete path to the expiration dates cache file?
#       (leave empty for automatic configuration using Blosxom's plugins state dir)
my $expiration_dates_file_path = "";

# Password for re-caching --
#       To force the cache to update, end your URL in "?expirez=PASSOWRD", 
#       where PASSWORD is what you enter here:
my $recache_password = '';

# Server Location adjustment --
#       Entry files expire at *your server's midnight*; not necessarily at
#       *your* midnight, nor at your readers' midnights. To help compensate 
#       for distant servers, you can enter a value representing your "normal 
#       user's" position in hours east or west of your server. Hours east are 
#       positive; hours west are negative.  
#       For instance, if your server is in London and your readers are in 
#       Chicago, the server expires articles at 7pm "Chicago time." Chicago 
#       is west of London, so $reader_hours_from_server = -5. Or if your 
#       server is in Los Angeles and your readers are in New York, 
#       $reader_hours_from_server = 4. (normal is 0)
my $reader_hours_from_server = 0;

#
# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

use strict;
use CGI qw/:standard :netscape/;
use Time::Local;

my $time;
my %expired;
my $dirty = 0;
my $hour = 60 * 60;

sub start {
  $blosxom::path_info =~ /\./ and return 0;     # don't run if displaying only one story
  $expiration_dates_file_path ||= "$blosxom::plugin_state_dir/expiration_dates";
  $time = time;
  $reader_hours_from_server ||= 0 and 
    $reader_hours_from_server *= $hour and 
      $reader_hours_from_server -= ((localtime($time))[8] * $hour);
  $time += $reader_hours_from_server;
  
  1;
}

sub filter {
  my ($pkg, $files_ref) = @_;
  
  $recache_password and                         # OK to re-cache, and we're done here
    param('expirez') eq $recache_password and 
      return 1;
                                                # process the cache file into a hash
  if (open INCACHE, "< $expiration_dates_file_path") {
    my $str;
    while ($str = <INCACHE>) {
      ($str =~ /\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*=>\s*(\d*),?/) and ($expired{$1} = $2);
    }
    close INCACHE;
                                                # we're going to compare the keys of two 
                                                # hashes; to make the loop efficient, the 
                                                # smaller hash is selected for iteration.
    my @ptr_ref = ($files_ref, \%expired, $files_ref);
    my $c = scalar(keys %$files_ref) < scalar(keys %expired) ? 1 : 0;
    my $list_a = $ptr_ref[$c];
    my $list_b = $ptr_ref[$c+1];

    foreach (keys %$list_a) {                   # delete entry file paths that the cache 
      exists $$list_b{$_} and                   # says are expired
        ($expired{$_} < $time) and
          delete $$files_ref{$_};
    }
  }

  1;
}


sub story {
  my ($pkg, $path, $filename, $story_ref, $title_ref, $body_ref) = @_;
  
  $meta::expire_date or return 1;                   # skip entry if no expiration date
  my @date_items = split(' ', $meta::expire_date);  # get the expiration date,
                                                    # and convert it to local time
  my $exp_time = timelocal(0,0,0,$date_items[2],$date_items[1]-1,$date_items[0]);
                                                    # update cache with new expiration date
  $expired{"$blosxom::datadir$path/$filename.$blosxom::file_extension"} ne $exp_time and 
    $expired{"$blosxom::datadir$path/$filename.$blosxom::file_extension"} = $exp_time and 
      $dirty = 1;

  1;
}


sub end {
  $dirty or return 1;                           # only continue if the cache changed
  if (open OUTCACHE, "> $expiration_dates_file_path") {
    foreach (sort keys %expired) {
      print OUTCACHE "$_ => $expired{$_}\n";    # write cache file
    }
  close OUTCACHE;
  }
  else { param('log_expirez_cache_error') and warn "Expirez plugin couldn't write its cache: $!" }

  1;
}

1;

__END__


=head1 NAME

Blosxom plug-in: expirez


=head1 SYNOPSIS

To give a story an "expiration date," add this line just below 
the story title: 
meta-expire_date: YYYY MM DD
(and, of course, fill in the date ;-)

Permalinks are not affected.


=head1 INSTALLATION

Upload or drop the "expirez" file into your blosxom plugins folder. 
Configuration is optional. Blog on.


=head1 CONFIGURATION

With any luck, the instructions in the "Configuration Section" 
at the top of this file are sufficient; if more information is 
needed, see the documentation at:
  http://www.enilnomi.net/dltext/expirez.dl


=head1 USAGE NOTES

To easily check expirez' operation after installation, create 
an entry with an expired expiration date. After uploading the 
file, call blosxom twice; if the "expired" article is still 
displaying, you've got a problem. Most likely, expirez can't 
get permission to write its cache file; to check, add a 
"?log_expirez_cache_error=1" CGI param to blosxom's URL and 
call it again, and then check your log (this assumes you have 
access to your server's error log). For help on setting 
permissions, post to the blosxom list.

NOTE that to force a re-cache via CGI parameter, you *must* 
configure a value for $recache_password.

NOTE that if you "un-expire" an entry by changing an expired 
expiration date to an un-expired date, the cache *must* be 
forced to update before the story will be displayed (either 
by trashing the existing cache file, or by calling blosxom 
with an "?expirez=PASSWORD" CGI param).

While these "cache cavaets" may seem like a PITA to you, the 
blogger, they make life much easier on the server running 
blosxom: expirez makes no unusual memory or file system demands 
which might lead your host to consider you a cycle-hog.


=head1 BUGS

The whole "server location adjustment" thing can be seen as 
a bug ;-) What's needed is a client-side mechanism to send 
the browser's local time to blosxom, from which expirez can 
then calculate localized expiration times. I dunno how to do
that...any help will be appreciated ;-)

Address bug reports and comments to the Blosxom mailing list:
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/blosxom


=head1 VERSION

2005-05-02 (v0.61)  - dox
2005-04-10 (v0.6)   - re-cache via param; half-fast time correction
2005-04-08 (v0.59)  - play nice with date templates
2005-03-28 (v0.5)   - it's alive


=head1 CREDITS
expirez was inspired by a post from Justin Simoni to the blosxom list  [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blosxom/message/10384]


=head1 LICENSE

this Blosxom Plug-in
Copyright 2005, Stu MacKenzie

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