sna_lib

Social Network Automation Library is a common way to communicate with all social network around the world.

How to compile?

mix compile

How to test?

mix test

How to use manually?

First ensure sna_lib is started with all its dependencies.

Application.ensure_all_started(:sna_lib)

Before initializing endpoint, we can list the one available.

available_end_point = SnaLib.endpoint()

Now we can initalize endpoint manually:

SnaLib.enable(:twitter)
SnaLib.enable(:linkedin, [])

Or disable them:

SnaLib.disable(:twitter)

It is, now, to send some message, but actually, we don't manage authentication:

iex> SnaLib.new()
|> SnaLib.data(text: "mytext")
|> SnaLib.media(image: {:url, "/path/to/image.jpg"})
|> SnaLib.meta()
|> SnaLib.send([:twitter, :linkedin])
[{:twitter, ref1}, {:linkedin, ref2}]

How it works?

  ____         ________        ________        ________        ________
 |     |      |        |      |        |      |        |      |        |
 | %{} | ===> | data/2 | ===> | meta/2 | ===> | cred/2 | ===> | conn/2 |
 |_____|      |________|      |________|      |________|      |________|

The first datastructure, a Map is altered by different functions.

Reference

Each datastructure got an unique reference to identify it and alter it asynchronously.

Data

:data key is the main content of the structure, containing the payload sent to the endpoint

Media

:media is an extension of :data and put different kind of binary data like image, video or audio.

Metadata

:meta contain all information about data and media but also on different information about the user like the geographical location.

Rule

:rule contains default rules about an endpoint. This one is usually modified with the endpoint. For exemple, if you are using twitter, the text can't be greater than 280 characters. If the text is greater than this value, the rule will define the action to do, for exemple, create another tweet with the remaining content.

Credential

:cred key contains reference to public and private information about the user and the authentication. This is an anonymous function executed only during the connection (if the authentication is not already enabled).

How to use adaptors?

Actually, we only build a "standard" datastructure to manage multiple social-network but we don't support authentication or connection. Some adaptors can be set like hackney or gun for the connection.

How to write rules?

Each endpoints have rules, defining how a social network endpoint manage data on their side.