Hey everyone,
I’m happy to announce that Koala 0.7.0 has been officially released! This version includes two major updates:
- A new RealtimeUpdates class, which can be used to manage subscriptions for realtime user updates (see http://developers.facebook.com/docs/api/realtime)
- Added greatly improved testing using mocks rather than live calls to Facebook; these are now the default set of tests.
We also added some minor but useful enhancements:
- Added Koala::Response class (internally), which encapsulates HTTP results since Facebook sometimes sends data in the status or headers
- Used that to add a get_picture method to the GraphAPI class, which fetches an object’s picture from the redirect headers
- Much other internal refactoring
- Updated readme, documentation, and changelog
Download the latest gem and check it the code at http://github.com/arsduo/koala!
As always, I want to thank my co-contributor Chris Baclig for his invaluable work, which has made this project so much better. I also want to thank Jeremy Dunn for contributing most of the realtime updates code, and Adeel Ahmad for discovering the picture issue and its source.
Finally, if you know what Koala is and you’re not yet part of our Google Group, come join us! It’s a great place to ask any questions you have about Koala or about the Facebook APIs in general.
Have a great Wednesday,
Alex