module SinatraMore module FormatHelpers # Returns escaped text to protect against malicious content def escape_html(text) Rack::Utils.escape_html(text) end alias h escape_html alias sanitize_html escape_html # Returns escaped text to protect against malicious content # Returns blank if the text is empty def h!(text, blank_text = ' ') return blank_text if text.nil? || text.empty? h text end # Smart time helper which returns relative text representing times for recent dates # and absolutes for dates that are far removed from the current date # time_in_words(10.days.ago) => '10 days ago' def time_in_words(date) date = date.to_date date = Date.parse(date, true) unless /Date.*/ =~ date.class.to_s days = (date - Date.today).to_i return 'today' if days >= 0 and days < 1 return 'tomorrow' if days >= 1 and days < 2 return 'yesterday' if days >= -1 and days < 0 return "in #{days} days" if days.abs < 60 and days > 0 return "#{days.abs} days ago" if days.abs < 60 and days < 0 return date.strftime('%A, %B %e') if days.abs < 182 return date.strftime('%A, %B %e, %Y') end alias time_ago time_in_words # Returns relative time in words referencing the given date # relative_time_ago(Time.now) => 'about a minute ago' def relative_time_ago(from_time) distance_in_minutes = (((Time.now - from_time.to_time).abs)/60).round case distance_in_minutes when 0..1 then 'about a minute' when 2..44 then "#{distance_in_minutes} minutes" when 45..89 then 'about 1 hour' when 90..1439 then "about #{(distance_in_minutes.to_f / 60.0).round} hours" when 1440..2879 then '1 day' when 2880..43199 then "#{(distance_in_minutes / 1440).round} days" when 43200..86399 then 'about 1 month' when 86400..525599 then "#{(distance_in_minutes / 43200).round} months" when 525600..1051199 then 'about 1 year' else "over #{(distance_in_minutes / 525600).round} years" end end # Used in xxxx.js.erb files to escape html so that it can be passed to javascript from sinatra # escape_javascript("