Sinatra Social Link helper

html output

Simple social links helper

<ul>
  <li>GitHub: <a href="http://github.com/ctshryock" title="@ctshryock's Github profile">@ctshryock</a></li>
  <li>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/ctshryock" title="@ctshryock's Twitter profile">@ctshryock</a></li>
  <li>Default (Twitter): <a href="http://twitter.com/catsby" title="@catsby's Twitter profile">@catsby</a></li>
</ul>

index.erb

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Simple social links helper

<ul>
  <li>GitHub: <%= social_link('ctshryock', :github) %></li>
  <li>Twitter: <%= social_link('ctshryock', :twitter) %></li>
  <li>Default (Twitter): <%= social_link('catsby') %></li>
</ul>

social_link_helper.rb

# root/sinatra/social_link_helper.rb
require 'sinatra/base'

module Sinatra
  module SocialLinkHelper
    def social_link(name, site=:twitter)
      src = case site
      when :github then "http://github.com/#{name}"
      when :linked_in then "https://linkedin.com/#{name}"
      when :twitter then "http://twitter.com/#{name}"
      else "@#{name}"
      end

      return src if !src.include?('http')

      "<a href=\"#{src}\" title=\"@#{name}'s #{site.to_s.capitalize} profile\">@#{name}</a>"
    end
  end

  helpers SocialLinkHelper
end