another big commit :D

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -1,2 +1,17 @@
 module ApplicationHelper
+  def port_open?(host, port)
+    wait = 300/1000.0 #milliseconds, the .0 is required!!
+    require 'timeout'
+    require 'socket'
+    isopen = false
+    begin
+      Timeout::timeout(wait) {
+        TCPSocket.new host, port
+        isopen = true
+      }
+    rescue Exception
+      # could not connect to the server
+    end
+    return isopen
+  end
 end

app/helpers/users_helper.rb

@@ -1,39 +1,71 @@
 module UsersHelper
+require "open-uri"
+
   def avatar_url(user_id, size)
     u = User.find_by_id(user_id)
     u.nil? ? ign = :char : ign = u.ign
-    return "https://minotar.net/helm/#{ign}/#{size}"
+    return "https://minotar.net/helm/#{CGI.escape(ign)}/#{CGI.escape(size.to_s)}"
   end
 
-  def mc_running?
-    host = "play.redstoner.com"
-    port = 25565
-    wait = 300/1000.0 #milliseconds, the .0 is required!!
-    require 'timeout'
-    require 'socket'
-    r = false
+  def uses_mc_password?(ign, password)
+    query = {
+      user: ign,
+      password: password,
+      version: 9999 #just something high so it won't fail with "Old version"
+    }.to_query
     begin
-      Timeout::timeout(wait) {
-        TCPSocket.new host, port
-        r = true
-      }
-    rescue Exception
-      # could not connect to the server
+      #check if this user is an idiot and uses their mc password.
+      mclogin = open("https://login.minecraft.net/?#{query}", :read_timeout => 1).read
+    rescue
+      puts "---"
+      puts "ERROR: failed to check mc password for '#{ign}'. Login servers down?"
+      puts "---"
     end
-    return r
+    !!mclogin.downcase.include?(ign.downcase)
   end
 
-  def rank_to_int(rank)
-    r = ranks[rank]
+  def haspaid?(ign)
+    query = {user: ign}.to_query
+    begin
+      response = open("https://minecraft.net/haspaid.jsp?#{query}", :read_timeout => 1).read
+    rescue
+      puts "---"
+      puts "ERROR: failed to check for premium account for '#{ign}'. Minecraft servers down?"
+      puts "---"
+      response = "true"
+    end
+    !(response.casecmp("false") == 0)
   end
 
-  def int_to_rank(int)
-    r = ranks.rassoc(int)
-    r.nil? ? "unknown" : r[0].to_s
+  def correct_case?(ign)
+    begin
+      http = Net::HTTP.start("skins.minecraft.net")
+      skin = http.get("/MinecraftSkins/#{CGI.escape(ign)}.png")
+      http.finish
+    rescue
+      puts "---"
+      puts "ERROR: failed to get skin status code for '#{ign}'. Skin servers down?"
+      puts "---"
+    end
+    skin.code != "404"
   end
 
-  def ranks
-    # Lower case !!!
-    {"banned" => 1, "unconfirmed" => 5, "default" => 10, "donor" => 40, "mod" => 100, "admin" => 200, "superadmin" => 500}
+  def get_youtube(yt_name)
+    yt = {channel: yt_name}
+    if yt_name.blank?
+      yt[:channel] = nil
+      yt[:channel_name] = nil
+      yt[:is_correct?] = true
+    else
+      begin
+        yt[:channel_name] = JSON.parse(open("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/#{CGI.escape(yt_name)}?alt=json", :read_timeout => 1).read)["entry"]["title"]["$t"]
+        yt[:is_correct?] = true
+      rescue
+        yt[:is_correct?] = false
+      end
+    end
+    yt
   end
+
+
 end