Toshi Block Subscription on the Bitcoin Network

gistfile1.rb

def url(network)
  case network.to_sym
  when :testnet
    return 'wss://testnet3.toshi.io'
  when :bitcoin
    return 'wss://bitcoin.toshi.io'
  else
    return "'ws://localhost:5000'" 
  end    
end
 
init_time=Time.now
p "Starting at: #{init_time}"
 
Thread.new{
	EM.run {
		ws = Faye::WebSocket::Client.new(url(:bitcoin));
 
		ws.on :open do |event|
		  p [:open]
		  ws.send('{"subscribe":"blocks"}')
		  p "Subscribed to blocks"
		end
		 
		ws.on :message do |event|
		  p [:message, event.data]
		  p "new event: #{event.data}"		  
		end
 
		EM.add_periodic_timer(5) do
		  sec = "#{(Time.now - init_time).round}"
		  Rails.logger.debug("*** EM [#{EM.__id__}] : Now it is #{Time.now} (Running for [#{sec}]) seconds ***")		  
		end		
	}	
}