Script that you can run in the background that solves the dreaded "old" status syndrome on Sqwiggle

status_assasin

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'sqwiggle-ruby'

# If a status stays the same for more than
# a certain time, it should most definitively
# be iradicated
killit_after = 60

puts "Status assasin hiding in the bushes"

Sqwiggle.token = "<YOUR-TOKEN>" # "standard" token. Can be gotten in Sqwiggle App settings

same_message_for_minutes = 0
message = ""

def set_status p={}
  @me.update(status: p[:status] || :busy, message: p[:message] || "")
end

while true do
  # It caches the message, so we need to re-instantiate
  # the user to make sure we really see the new and latest message
  begin
    @me = Sqwiggle::User.find(:me)
  rescue
    # Darn... the internets is broken?
    sleep 10
    next
  end

  current_message = begin
    @me.message
  rescue
    # If we have problems, we'll just pretend we had an empty message.
    # At least that can't be all too wrong.
    puts "Network connectivity issues?"
    ""
  end

  if message != "" and message == current_message
    same_message_for_minutes += 1
  else
    message = current_message
    same_message_for_minutes == 0
  end
  if same_message_for_minutes > killit_after
    begin
      @me.update status: :available, message: ""
      puts "KILLED IT, you are welcome!"
    rescue
      puts "Would have wanted to kill it, but network connectivity issues?"
    end
    message = ""
    same_message_for_minutes = 0
  end
  sleep 60
end