Sample ruby helper method for the Less Neglect Ruby Gem

neglect.rb

# TODO - make sure you have the 'lessneglect' gem installed
# https://github.com/lessneglect/lessneglect-ruby
require 'lessneglect'

class Neglect

  def self.api
    # TODO - replace with your Less Neglect API credentials
    @@api ||= LessNeglectApi::Client.new({
        :code => "asdfasdf",
        :secret => "1234asdfasdf1234"
      })
  end
  
  def self.log_event(user, event, custom = {})
    # there may be reasons why you want to not log events.
    # delete or modify these as necessary
    return if user.nil?
    return if Rails.env == "development"

    begin
      person = get_person(user)
      event[:extras] ||= {}
      event[:extras].merge!(custom) unless custom.nil?
      
      api.create_event(person, event)
    rescue
      puts "error logging to LN"
    end
  end
  
  def self.log_event_with_target(user, event, target_id, custom = {})
    # there may be reasons why you want to not log events.
    # delete or modify these as necessary
    return if user.nil?
    return if Rails.env == "development"

    begin
      log_event(user, {
        :name => event,
        :target_id => target_id
      }, custom)
    rescue
      puts "error logging to LN"
    end
  end
  
  def self.log_event_with_revenue(user, event, revenue, custom = {})
    # there may be reasons why you want to not log events.
    # delete or modify these as necessary
    return if user.nil?
    return if Rails.env == "development"

    begin
      log_event(user, {
        :name => event,
        :revenue => revenue
      }, custom)
    rescue
      puts "error logging to LN"
    end
  end

  def self.update_person(user)
    #You might already have a user and need to update that
    #user's attributes
    return if user.nil?
    return if Rails.env == "development"

    begin
      person = user_to_person(user)
      api.update_person(person)
    rescue
      puts "error logging to LN"
    end
  end

  def self.user_to_person(user)
    # TODO - you should update this to build a full LN Person object
    # with the data in your User model
    
    LessNeglectApi::Person.new({
      :name => user.name,
      :email => user.email,
      :external_identifer => user.id,
      #example of custom metadata to send along with the user object.
      :properties => {
        :account_level => user.account_level,
        :is_paying => user.paying?,
        :created_at => user.created_at.to_i
      }
    })
  end

end