show a random AAWWWWWW image in your favorite editor (bbedit)

random_awww.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# FOR MAX EFFECTIVENESS: 
# Put in ~/(Dropbox or Library)/Application Support/BBEdit/Scripts


require 'net/http'
require 'json'

http = Net::HTTP.new('www.reddit.com')
response = http.request(Net::HTTP::Get.new("/r/aww.json"))
json = JSON.parse(response.body)

if json['data']['children'].count <= 0
  #send_event('aww', image: placeholder)
  our_path = "http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130517022805/witch/images/9/97/Nyantocat.gif"
else
  urls = json['data']['children'].map{|child| child['data']['url'] }

  # Ensure we're linking directly to an image, not a gallery etc.
  valid_urls = urls.select{|url| url.downcase.end_with?('png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg')}

  our_path = valid_urls.sample(1).first
end

File.write("/tmp/bb_aww.png", Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(our_path)))
`/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application \"BBEdit\" to open POSIX file \"/tmp/bb_aww.png\"'`