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Get a random popular Dribbble comment.
var NO_OP = function(){};
// randomly choose one of dribbble's popular shots
// keep choosing until we get one with comments
var getRandomShotId = function( callback ){
var getRandomShot = function( shots ){
var random_index = Math.floor(Math.random()*shots.length);
var shot = shots[random_index];
if( shot.comments_count === 0 ){
return getRandomShot( shots );
}
return shot;
};
callback = callback || NO_OP;
$.getJSON('http://api.dribbble.com/shots/popular?callback=?', function( data ){
var shot = getRandomShot( data.shots );
callback( null, shot.id );
});
};
// select a random comment from a dribbble shot
var getRandomCommentFromShot = function( shot_id, callback ){
callback = callback || NO_OP;
$.getJSON('http://api.dribbble.com/shots/'+ shot_id +'/comments?callback=?', function( data ){
var random_index = Math.floor(Math.random()*data.comments.length);
var random_comment = data.comments[random_index];
callback( null, random_comment );
});
};
// get a random comment from a random (popular) dribbble shot
var getRandomComment = function( callback ){
callback = callback || NO_OP;
getRandomShotId( function( err, shot_id ){
getRandomCommentFromShot( shot_id, function( err, comment ){
callback( null, comment );
});
});
};
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How would we use this?

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