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Go

package webserver
import (
"fmt"
"gitlab.com/offline-twitter/twitter_offline_engine/pkg/scraper"
"time"
)
var is_for_you_only = true // Do one initial scrape of the "for you" feed and then just regular feed after that
func (app *Application) background_scrape() {
// Avoid crashing the thread if a scrape fails
defer func() {
if err := recover(); err != nil {
// TODO
fmt.Println("Panicked!")
fmt.Printf("%#v\n", err)
}
}()
fmt.Println("Starting scrape...")
// Do nothing if scraping is currently disabled
if app.IsScrapingDisabled {
fmt.Println("Skipping scrape!")
return
}
fmt.Println("Scraping...")
trove, err := scraper.GetHomeTimeline("", is_for_you_only)
if err != nil {
app.ErrorLog.Printf("Background scrape failed: %s", err.Error())
return
}
fmt.Println("Saving scrape results...")
app.Profile.SaveTweetTrove(trove)
fmt.Println("Scraping succeeded.")
is_for_you_only = false
}
func (app *Application) start_background() {
// Start a goroutine to run the background task every 3 minutes
fmt.Println("Starting background")
go func() {
fmt.Println("Starting routine")
// Initial delay before the first task execution (0 seconds here, adjust as needed)
initialDelay := 10 * time.Second
time.Sleep(initialDelay)
app.background_scrape()
// Create a timer that triggers the background task every 3 minutes
interval := 3 * time.Minute // TODO: parameterizable
timer := time.NewTicker(interval)
defer timer.Stop()
for range timer.C {
// Execute the background task
fmt.Println("Starting routine")
app.background_scrape()
}
}()
}