class OpenGraphCache < ActiveRecord::Base validates :title, :presence => true validates :ob_type, :presence => true validates :image, :presence => true validates :url, :presence => true has_many :posts acts_as_api api_accessible :backbone do |t| t.add :title t.add :ob_type t.add :image t.add :description t.add :url end def self.find_or_create_by(opts) cache = OpenGraphCache.find_or_initialize_by(opts) cache.fetch_and_save_opengraph_data! unless cache.persisted? cache if cache.persisted? # Make this an after create callback and drop this method ? end def fetch_and_save_opengraph_data! response = OpenGraph.new(self.url) return if response.blank? || response.type.blank? self.title = response.title self.ob_type = response.type self.image = response.images[0] self.url = response.url self.description = response.description self.save end end