app/services/base_reader.rb
class BaseReader
include ExtractDate
def build_event(event_text, user_group, tweet_url=nil, tweet_time=Time.now)
raise ArgumentError.new('No user_group given') unless user_group.present?
if is_valid_text?(event_text)
Event.new( {
text: event_text,
happens_at: extract_date(event_text, tweet_time),
link: tweet_url,
user_group: user_group,
created_at: tweet_time
})
end
end
protected
def is_valid_text?(event_text)
event_text =~ /(^|\s)#event([\s:\.\(\[\{!]|$)/i
end
end