From: Eric Wong <normalperson-rMlxZR9MS24@public.gmane.org>
To: Rainbows! list <rainbows-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: rainbows for 3rd party api
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:20:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091106192020.GA11050@dcvr.yhbt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2007122a0911060240j105c1fcfgfebb2c5757cf7fd1-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Giovanni Lion <giovanni.lion-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Eric Wong <normalperson-rMlxZR9MS24@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Giovanni Lion <giovanni.lion-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> 4) I write the response to memcached
> >> 5) I call the rails app who now fetches from cache the friend list
> >> 6) The rails app renders the partial and everybody is happy
> >>
> >> Do you think this is a good flow? Should I create a specific method instead?
> >
> > Depends on the rest of your app, I guess. Is your Rails app
> > reentrant? If so, definitely go for it. If you're dealing
> > with DB connections in there, compatibility will probably be
> > better with the ThreadPool or ThreadSpawn models unless somebody
> > writes Revactor-enabled DB libraries.
>
> Well, I do have a db in there but it's just one users table, which i
> really need only to pair the facebook id to the oauth tokens to make
> the api calls. Unfortunately it's a 3-legged oauth so i'm kinda stuck
> with having my own db. I'm testing now something like this:
>
> map("/3rd_party/friends") do
> use Rack::Facebook #checking the fb signature
> run lambda { |env|
> request = Rack::Request.new(env)
> return Rack::Response.new(["Invalid Facebook signature"],
> 400).finish unless request.POST['fb_sig']
> user = User.find_by_fb_id(request.POST['fb_sig_user']) #db query
> ...
> oauth_stuff_i_am_still_working_on
> ....
> }
> end
>
> Will rails connection pool mess things up if used in an actor? Right
> now I'm really much more worried about the app being blocked in the
> http call as the third party is acting wonky lately. Db load is not a
> worry for now.
>
> Let me know your thoughts while I get the oauth - revactor http going.
I don't think there's any need to worry if your DB queries are fast and
predictable in performance. Let us know how everything goes. 3rd-party
API calls often pose a scalability issue that Rainbows! is designed to
solve.
--
Eric Wong
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-04 18:49 rainbows for 3rd party api Giovanni Lion
[not found] ` <2007122a0911041049u2b4376dbpd3b1f727e315ea88-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-04 21:40 ` Eric Wong
[not found] ` <20091104214018.GA25942-yBiyF41qdooeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-05 13:03 ` Giovanni Lion
[not found] ` <2007122a0911050503x5740cf3ei4f1185b4cb895298-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-05 23:06 ` Eric Wong
[not found] ` <20091105230638.GA7131-yBiyF41qdooeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-06 10:40 ` Giovanni Lion
[not found] ` <2007122a0911060240j105c1fcfgfebb2c5757cf7fd1-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-06 19:20 ` Eric Wong [this message]
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