Add a listing of random articles, similar to serendipity, but because

it's a listing, it can be pulled via RSS or JSON. Available at /randomrising

r2/r2/config/routing.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def make_map(global_conf={}, app_conf={}):
     
     mc('/', controller='hot', action='listing')
     
-    listing_controllers = "hot|saved|toplinks|new|recommended|normalized"
+    listing_controllers = "hot|saved|toplinks|new|recommended|normalized|randomrising"
     
     mc('/:controller', action='listing',
        requirements=dict(controller=listing_controllers))

r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from listingcontroller import RecommendedController
 from listingcontroller import MessageController
 from listingcontroller import RedditsController
 from listingcontroller import MyredditsController
+from listingcontroller import RandomrisingController
 
 from feedback import FeedbackController
 from front import FrontController

r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ from r2.lib import organic
 
 from pylons.i18n import _
 
+import random
+
+
 class ListingController(RedditController):
     """Generalized controller for pages with lists of links."""
 
@@ -133,7 +136,6 @@ class ListingController(RedditController):
 
     @staticmethod
     def builder_wrapper(thing):
-        """"""
         if c.user.pref_compress and isinstance(thing, Link):
             thing.__class__ = LinkCompressed
             thing.score_fmt = Score.points
@@ -333,6 +335,26 @@ class BrowseController(ListingController):
         return ListingController.GET_listing(self, **env)
 
 
+class RandomrisingController(ListingController):
+    where = 'randomrising'
+    builder_cls = IDBuilder
+    title_text = _('you\'re really bored now, eh?')
+
+    def query(self):
+        links = get_rising(c.site)
+
+        if not links:
+            # just pull from the new page if the rising page isn't
+            # populated for some reason
+            q = Link._query(limit = 200,
+                            data  = True,
+                            sort  = desc('_date'))
+            links = [ x._fullname for x in q ]
+        
+        random.shuffle(links)
+
+        return links
+
 class RecommendedController(ListingController):
     where = 'recommended'
     builder_cls = IDBuilder