bot.listen throws Net::ReadTimeout

[hmage]

Since bot.listen uses long polling, read timeouts are to be expected when there's no activity.

In that regard, this should be hidden from the user of the library and poll request automatically restarted.

Was expecting this behaviour initially, and learned it wasn't, the hard way — bot crashed when nobody was looking at it and it stayed down for 8 hours until I woke up to see the Net::ReadTimeout got thrown from bot.listen.

To make my bot persistent, I had to update the main loop to look like this:

while true
    begin
        bot.listen do |message|
            logfrom message
            case message.text
            when /^\/pony\b/
                derpibooru_bot.pony(message)
            when /^\/(start|help)\b/
                derpibooru_bot.sendtext(message, "Hello! I'm a bot by @hmage ...")
            end
        end
    rescue Net::ReadTimeout => e
        logerror e
    end
end

If adding automatic restart is not an option, update all examples to handle Net::ReadTimeout exception, because it will happen after a while when bot is supposed to be 24/7.

[atipugin]

Thanks for the report. Yes, it definitely should be handled by the gem. I'll make changes a soon as possible.

[hmage]

Thank you, much appreciated.

[atipugin]

Added exception handling in 0.2.6, please update your stuff.