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Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb')
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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb index 59765f9737..ba418b15b3 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb @@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ module ActionView link_to_function(name, remote_function(options), html_options) end + # Periodically calls the specified url (<tt>options[:url]</tt>) every <tt>options[:frequency]</tt> seconds (default is 10). + # Usually used to update a specified div (<tt>options[:update]</tt>) with the results of the remote call. + # The options for specifying the target with :url and defining callbacks is the same as link_to_remote. + def periodically_call_remote(options = {}) + frequency = options[:frequency] || 10 # every ten seconds by default + code = "new PeriodicalExecuter(function() {#{remote_function(options)}}, #{frequency})" + content_tag("script", code, options[:html_options] || {}) + end + # Returns a form tag that will submit using XMLHttpRequest in the background instead of the regular # reloading POST arrangement. Even though it's using Javascript to serialize the form elements, the form submission # will work just like a regular submission as viewed by the receiving side (all elements available in @params). |