Retrospring/app/controllers/ajax/inbox_controller.rb

class Ajax::InboxController < ApplicationController
  def create
    unless user_signed_in?
      @status = :noauth
      @message = "requires authentication"
      @success = false
      return
    end

    question = Question.create!(content: QuestionGenerator.generate,
                                author_is_anonymous: true,
                                author_name: 'justask',
                                user: current_user)

    inbox = Inbox.create!(user: current_user, question_id: question.id, new: true)

    @status = :okay
    @message = "Successfully added new question."
    @success = true
    @render = render_to_string(partial: 'inbox/entry', locals: { i: inbox })
    inbox.update(new: false)
  end

  def destroy
    params.require :id
    params.require :answer
    params.require :share

    inbox = Inbox.find(params[:id])

    unless current_user == inbox.user
      @status = :fail
      @message = "question not in your inbox"
      @success = false
      return
    end

    answer = nil

    begin
      answer = inbox.answer params[:answer], current_user
    rescue
      @status = :err
      @message = "An error occurred"
      @success = false
      return
    end

    # sharing
    begin
      share_to = JSON.parse params[:share]
      current_user.services.each do |service|
        service.post(answer) if share_to.include? service.provider
      end
    rescue
    end

    @status = :okay
    @message = "Successfully answered question."
    @success = true
  end

  def remove
    params.require :id

    inbox = Inbox.find(params[:id])

    unless current_user == inbox.user
      @status = :fail
      @message = "question not in your inbox"
      @success = false
      return
    end

    begin
      inbox.remove
    rescue
      @status = :err
      @message = "An error occurred"
      @success = false
      return
    end

    @status = :okay
    @message = "Successfully deleted question."
    @success = true
  end
end