+ * Returns a random entry, filtering by status.
+ *
+ * @param int $userId
+ * @param string $type Can be unread, archive, starred, etc
+ *
+ * @throws \Doctrine\ORM\NoResultException
+ *
+ * @return Entry
+ */
+ public function getRandomEntry($userId, $type = '')
+ {
+ $qb = $this->getQueryBuilderByUser($userId)
+ ->select('e.id');
+
+ switch ($type) {
+ case 'unread':
+ $qb->andWhere('e.isArchived = false');
+ break;
+ case 'archive':
+ $qb->andWhere('e.isArchived = true');
+ break;
+ case 'starred':
+ $qb->andWhere('e.isStarred = true');
+ break;
+ case 'untagged':
+ $qb->leftJoin('e.tags', 't');
+ $qb->andWhere('t.id is null');
+ break;
+ }
+
+ $ids = $qb->getQuery()->getArrayResult();
+
+ // random select one in the list
+ $randomId = $ids[mt_rand(0, \count($ids) - 1)]['id'];
+
+ return $this->find($randomId);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return a query builder to be used by other getBuilderFor* method.