Utility Methods API for Ruby SDK

The methods on this page are utility methods that don't fit into other categories.

Time

This function will return a 17 digit precision Unix epoch.

Algorithm constructing the timetoken

timetoken = (Unix epoch time in seconds) * 10000000

Convert back and forth between current time and a timetoken:

now = Time.now
2012-11-02 14:27:11 -0700

timetoken = now.to_f * 10000000
13518916319742640

Time.at(timetoken / 10000000)
2012-11-02 14:27:11 -0700

Method(s)

To fetch Time you can use the following method(s) in Ruby SDK:

time(
    http_sync: http_sync,
    callback: callback
)

* required

Parameter	Description
http_sync Type: Boolean	Default false. Method will be executed asynchronously and will return future, to get it's value you can use value method. If set to true, method will return array of envelopes (even if there's only one envelope). For sync methods Envelope object will be returned.
callback Type: Lambda accepting one parameter	Callback that will be called for each envelope. For async methods future will be returned, to retrieve value Envelope object you have to call value method (thread will be locked until the value is returned).

Sample code

Get PubNub timetoken

Reference code

This example is a self-contained code snippet ready to be run. It includes necessary imports and executes methods with console logging. Use it as a reference when working with other examples in this document.

require 'pubnub'

def get_pubnub_timetoken(pubnub)
  pubnub.time do |envelope|
    if envelope.status[:error]
      puts "Error fetching timetoken: #{envelope.status[:error]}"
    else
      puts "PubNub Timetoken: #{envelope.result[:data][:timetoken]}"
    end
  end
end

def main
  # Configuration for PubNub instance
  pubnub = Pubnub.new(

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Rest response from server

The time() function returns a string timetoken in the following format:

13769501243685161