send_webmentions.rb

send_webmentions.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rss'
require 'webmention'
require 'time'

string = File.open('latest_time.txt', 'r') { |f| f.read }
latest = string.strip # RSS timestamp of most recent blog post for which webmentions have been sent
latest_found = latest # RSS timestamp of most recent blog post including new ones found

last_time = Time.parse(latest)
rss = RSS::Parser.parse('http://herestomwiththeweather.com/feed.xml', false)
rss.items.each do |item|
  t = Time.parse(item.pubDate.to_s)
  if t > last_time
    client = Webmention::Client.new item.link
    sent = client.send_mentions
    if t > Time.parse(latest_found)
      latest_found = item.pubDate.to_s
    end
  end
end

if Time.parse(latest_found) > last_time
  File.open('latest_time.txt', 'w') {|f| f.write(latest_found) }
end