Retrospring/app/helpers/social_helper/twitter_methods.rb

# frozen_string_literal: true

require "cgi"

module SocialHelper::TwitterMethods
  include MarkdownHelper

  def prepare_tweet(answer, post_tag = nil, omit_url = false)
    question_content = twitter_markdown answer.question.content.gsub(/@(\w+)/, '\1')
    original_question_length = question_content.length
    answer_content = twitter_markdown answer.content
    original_answer_length = answer_content.length

    unless omit_url
      answer_url = answer_url(
        id:       answer.id,
        username: answer.user.screen_name,
        host:     APP_CONFIG["hostname"],
        protocol: (APP_CONFIG["https"] ? :https : :http),
      )
    end

    parsed_tweet = { valid: false }
    tweet_text = ""

    until parsed_tweet[:valid]
      shortened_question = "#{question_content[0..122]}#{'…' if original_question_length > [123, question_content.length].min}"
      shortened_answer = "#{answer_content[0..123]}#{'…' if original_answer_length > [124, answer_content.length].min}"
      components = [
        shortened_question,
        "—",
        shortened_answer,
        post_tag,
        answer_url
      ]
      tweet_text = components.compact.join(" ")

      parsed_tweet = Twitter::TwitterText::Validation.parse_tweet(tweet_text)

      question_content = question_content[0..-2]
      answer_content = answer_content[0..-2]
    end

    tweet_text
  end

  def twitter_share_url(answer)
    "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=#{CGI.escape(prepare_tweet(answer))}"
  end
end