Ruby Mancala Fight Club Bot

random_mancala_player.rb

require 'net/http'

SERVER = "http://hsfightclub.herokuapp.com"
puts "Enter your player ID:"
PLAYER_ID = gets.strip

# This function gets the status of the board from the server, and returns it as a string
def get_status
  uri = URI("#{SERVER}/mancala/status?player_id=#{PLAYER_ID}")
  return Net::HTTP.get(uri)
end

# This function makes a move starting at the specified house
def send_move(house)
  uri = URI("#{SERVER}/mancala/move?player_id=#{PLAYER_ID}&house=#{house}")
  return Net::HTTP.get(uri)
end

def move
  status = get_status

  # Return if we're waiting for the other player
  # or if the game is over
  if ['win', 'lose', 'tie'].include? status
    puts "Game over!"
    puts status.to_s
    return false
  elsif status == 'waiting'
    puts "waiting..."
    return true
  end

  houses = status.split(' ')

  # Randomly select a house that is not empty
  begin
    choice = rand 6
  end while (houses[choice] == 0)

  puts "Making move: #{choice}"
  send_move(choice)

  return true
end

# This loop will keep running until move returns false
while move
  sleep 0.1
end