Initial pass of fetching and using application news, server events, server ping display now shows unit (ms) instead of just the number- also helps with confusing it for player count

lib/pages/games.rb

@@ -30,12 +30,19 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
 
           # game events and news container
           stack(fill: true, height: 1.0, margin_left: LARGE_PADDING, scroll: true) do
-            @event_container = flow(width: 1.0, height: 1.0, max_height: 380, background_nine_slice: NINE_SLICE_ROUNDED, background_nine_slice_from_edge: NINE_SLICE_EDGE, background_nine_slice_color: ALPHA_GRAY) do
+            @event_container = stack(width: 1.0, padding: PADDING, margin_left: HALF_PADDING, margin_right: HALF_PADDING, background_nine_slice: NINE_SLICE_ROUNDED, background_nine_slice_from_edge: NINE_SLICE_EDGE, background_nine_slice_color: 0x88_26a269) do
             end
 
             # news container
             @news_container = flow(width: 1.0, margin_top: PADDING) do
             end
+
+            # "dynamically" adjust news item widths
+            @news_container.subscribe(:size_changed) do |event|
+              @news_container.children.each do |box|
+                box.style.width = 1.0 / news_item_width_ratio
+              end
+            end
           end
         end
 
@@ -62,6 +69,29 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
           return
         end
 
+        app_id = @current_app.id
+        unless MemCache[:"events_#{app_id}"]
+          Worker::Api.events(app_id) do |result|
+            if result.okay?
+              File.write("events_#{app_id}.json", result.data)
+              MemCache[:"events_#{app_id}"] = JSON.parse(result.data)&.map { |item| Worker::Api::ServerEvent.new(item) } || []
+
+              populate_game_event if app_id == @current_app.id
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        unless MemCache[:"news_#{app_id}"]
+          Worker::Api.news(app_id) do |result|
+            if result.okay?
+              File.write("news_#{app_id}.json", result.data)
+              MemCache[:"news_#{app_id}"] = JSON.parse(result.data)["news"]&.map { |item| Worker::Api::NewsItem.new(item) } || []
+
+              populate_game_news if app_id == @current_app.id
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         populate_games_list
         populate_game_info
         populate_game_event
@@ -80,8 +110,6 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
               end
             end
           end
-
-          puts
         end
       end
 
@@ -100,7 +128,9 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
           # web links
           stack(width: 1.0, fill: true, padding: 0, padding_top: LARGE_PADDING) do
             @current_app.web_links.each do |link|
-              link link.name, text_size: 24, tip: link.uri
+              link link.name, text_size: 24, tip: link.uri do
+                SDL.OpenURL(link.uri)
+              end
             end
           end
 
@@ -131,38 +161,48 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
       end
 
       def populate_game_event
-        # TODO: Hide event container if there is no event
+        app_events = MemCache[:"events_#{@current_app.id}"] || []
-        @event_container.show if false
+        if app_events.empty?
-        @event_container.hide if true
+          @event_container.hide
+        else
+          @event_container.show
+
+          event = app_events.sort(&:start_time).last
 
           @event_container.clear do
-          image safe_get_image("#{ROOT_PATH}/media/background.png"), fill: true, aspect_ratio: 16.0 / 9.0
+            caption "Upcoming Event".upcase, color: 0xaa_ffffff
-
+            tagline event.title # "Red Alert: A Path Beyond Game Night"
-          stack(fill: true, height: 1.0, margin_left: PADDING) do
+            caption event.start_time.strftime("%B %e, %Y • %T") # "July 11, 2028"
-            caption "Upcoming Event".upcase, color: 0xff_22aa11
-            title "Red Alert: A Path Beyond Game Night"
-            tagline "July 11, 2028"
-
-            flow(fill: true)
-
-            button "Read More", margin_left: PADDING, margin_right: LARGE_PADDING, margin_bottom: PADDING, width: 1.0
           end
         end
       end
 
       def populate_game_news
+        app_news = MemCache[:"news_#{@current_app.id}"] || []
+
         @news_container.clear do
-          9.times do
+          app_news.each do |item|
-            stack(width: 1.0 / 3, min_width: 345, height: 345, aspect_ratio: 1, margin_left: HALF_PADDING, margin_right: HALF_PADDING, margin_bottom: PADDING) do
+            stack(width: 1.0 / news_item_width_ratio, height: 345, aspect_ratio: 1, margin_left: HALF_PADDING, margin_right: HALF_PADDING, margin_bottom: PADDING, background_nine_slice: NINE_SLICE_ROUNDED, background_nine_slice_from_edge: NINE_SLICE_EDGE, background_nine_slice_color: ALPHA_GRAY) do
-              stack(width: 1.0, fill: true, background_image: safe_get_image("#{ROOT_PATH}/media/background.png"), background_image_mode: :fill)
+              stack(width: 1.0, height: 1.0 / 3, padding: PADDING, background_nine_slice: NINE_SLICE_ROUNDED_TOP, background_nine_slice_from_edge: NINE_SLICE_EDGE, background_nine_slice_color: ALPHA_GRAY) do
-              stack(width: 1.0, height: 1.0 / 3, padding: PADDING, v_align: :bottom, background_nine_slice: NINE_SLICE_ROUNDED_BOTTOM, background_nine_slice_from_edge: NINE_SLICE_EDGE, background_nine_slice_color: ALPHA_GRAY, border_thickness_top: 1, border_color_top: Gosu::Color::BLACK) do
+                para item.timestamp.strftime("%B %e, %Y") #"September 29, 2026"
-                caption "NEWS", color: 0x88_ffffff
+                tagline item.title
-                tagline "A News Item Post A News Item Post"
+              end
+
+              stack(width: 1.0, fill: true, padding: PADDING, padding_bottom: 0, scroll: false) do
+                para item.blurb
+              end
+
+              button "Read More", margin: PADDING, width: 1.0, tip: item.uri do
+                SDL.OpenURL(item.uri)
               end
             end
           end
         end
       end
+
+      def news_item_width_ratio
+        (@news_container.width / 400.0).round.clamp(1..10)
+      end
     end
   end
 end

lib/pages/server_browser.rb

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
               # server ping
               flow(width: 96, height: 1.0, margin_left: HALF_PADDING, margin_right: HALF_PADDING) do
                 stack(fill: true, height: 1.0, v_align: :center) do
-                  caption server.ping == Worker::Api::GameServer::BAD_OR_UNKNOWN_PING ? "?" : server.ping, width: 1.0, text_align: :center, tip: server.ping == Worker::Api::GameServer::BAD_OR_UNKNOWN_PING ? "Server has not replied yet or did not reply to ICMP Echo Request.\nPing unknown." : ""
+                  caption server.ping == Worker::Api::GameServer::BAD_OR_UNKNOWN_PING ? "?" : format("%ims", server.ping), width: 1.0, text_align: :center, tip: server.ping == Worker::Api::GameServer::BAD_OR_UNKNOWN_PING ? "Server has not replied yet or did not reply to ICMP Echo Request.\nPing unknown." : ""
                   inscription "ping", text_wrap: :none, width: 1.0, text_align: :center, margin_top: -HALF_PADDING
                 end
                 stack(width: 8, height: server.ping_score_ratio, v_align: :center, min_height: 8, background_nine_slice: NINE_SLICE_ROUNDED_SMALL, background_nine_slice_from_edge: NINE_SLICE_EDGE_SMALL, background_nine_slice_color: server.ping_score_color)

lib/worker/api.rb

@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
 
       # returns news for application
       def self.news(category = "launcher-home", &block)
-        Worker::Request.new(:news, category, &block)
+        W3DHubLauncher::Worker::Request.new(:w3dhub_api_call, { call: :fetch_news, arguments: [category] }, &block)
       end
 
       # returns news for application
-      def self.events(app_id, &block)
+      def self.events(category, &block)
-        Worker::Request.new(:events, app_id, &block)
+        W3DHubLauncher::Worker::Request.new(:w3dhub_api_call, { call: :fetch_events, arguments: [category] }, &block)
       end
 
       # request installation of application

lib/worker/api/news_item.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+module W3DHubLauncher
+  class Worker
+    class Api
+      class NewsItem
+        attr_reader :topic_id, :title, :blurb, :uri, :image_uri, :author_id, :author, :author_uri, :timestamp
+
+        def initialize(data)
+          @topic_id = Integer(data["topic-id"] || 0)
+          @title = data["title"].to_s
+          @blurb = clean_and_scrub_blurb(data["blurb"].to_s)
+          @uri = data["uri"].to_s
+          @image_uri = data["image"].to_s
+
+          @author_id = data["author-id"].to_s
+          @author = data["author"].to_s
+          @author_uri = data["author-uri"].to_s
+
+          @timestamp = Time.at(Integer(data["timestamp"] || 0), in: "UTC").localtime
+        end
+
+        # Replaces multiple newlines with a single newline, and trims off any leading and trailing whitespace.
+        def clean_and_scrub_blurb(string)
+          string.gsub(/\n+/, "\n").strip
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/worker/api/server_event.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module W3DHubLauncher
+  class Worker
+    class Api
+      class ServerEvent
+        attr_reader :title, :image_uri, :app_id, :start_time, :end_time, :timestamp
+        def initialize(data)
+          @title = data["title"]
+          @image_uri = data["image"]
+          @app_id = data["server"]
+          @start_time = Time.parse(data["starttime"], in: "UTC").localtime
+          @end_time = Time.parse(data["endtime"], in: "UTC").localtime
+          @timestamp = Time.parse(data["dateTime"], in: "UTC").localtime
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/worker/api/test_event.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module W3DHubLauncher
+  class Worker
+    class Api
+      class TestEvent
+        attr_reader :title, :image_uri, :timestamp
+
+        def initialize(data)
+          @title = data["name"]
+          # @title = data["title"]
+          @image_uri = data["image"]
+          # @app_id = data["server"]
+          # @start_time = Time.parse(data["starttime"]).localtime
+          # @end_time = Time.parse(data["endtime"]).localtime
+          @timestamp = Time.parse(data["dateTime"], in: "UTC").localtime
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/worker/w3dhub_api.rb

@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
       Sync do |task|
         task.with_timeout(API_TIMEOUT) do
           Async::HTTP::Internet.send(method, url, headers, body) do |response|
+            # pp [method, url, headers, body]
             if response.success?
               result.data = response.read
             else
-              # pp response
               result.error = true
             end
           end
@@ -124,12 +124,16 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
       result
     end
 
-    def fetch_news()
+    def fetch_news(category)
-      result = CyberarmEngine::Result.new
+      fetch("#{PRIMARY_W3DHUB_API_ENDPOINT}/apis/w3dhub/1/get-news", method: :post, body: "data={\"category\":\"#{category}\"}", headers: headers(form_encoded: true))
     end
 
-    def fetch_events()
+    def fetch_events(category)
-      result = CyberarmEngine::Result.new
+      fetch("#{PRIMARY_W3DHUB_API_ENDPOINT}/apis/w3dhub/1/get-server-events", method: :post, body: "data={\"serverPath\":\"#{category}\"}", headers: headers(form_encoded: true))
+    end
+
+    def fetch_test_events(category)
+      fetch("#{PRIMARY_W3DHUB_API_ENDPOINT}/apis/w3dhub/1/get-testing-times")
     end
 
     def fetch_manifest()

w3d_hub_linux_launcher.rb

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ require_relative "lib/worker/api"
 require_relative "lib/worker/api/application"
 require_relative "lib/worker/api/game_server"
 require_relative "lib/worker/api/settings"
+require_relative "lib/worker/api/news_item"
+require_relative "lib/worker/api/server_event"
+require_relative "lib/worker/api/test_event"
+require_relative "lib/worker/api/legacy_manifest"
+require_relative "lib/worker/api/legacy_manifest_package"
 require_relative "lib/worker/request"
 require_relative "lib/worker/w3dhub_api"
 require_relative "lib/worker/task"
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ require_relative "lib/worker/tasks/install_application"
 require_relative "lib/worker/tasks/uninstall_application"
 require_relative "lib/worker/tasks/repair_application"
 require_relative "lib/worker/tasks/update_application"
+require_relative "lib/worker/tasks/move_application"
 
 module W3DHubLauncher
   MemCache = {}