Sn0opy said on 11/Jun/2008

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:15:31 UTC

What does this bot do?

dereklio said on 11/Jun/2008

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:45:49 UTC

i have never thought there is someone comments on my codes, as i am just putting some of my frequently used snippets online ;)

in short, it does nothing. This class basically is a wrapper of the HTTPClient PEAR package. it just groups several functions of the HTTPClient which i used very frequently together. and it's needed to be used in conjunction of my other class "Shell.class.php" (http://snipplr.com/view/6648/a-shell-access-wrapper-for-windows-in-php/)

let's say, I want to write a script that log me into facebook and write something on someone's else wall.... I would simply do:

$http = HttpBot::singleton(); $http->geta('http://www.facebook.com', 'Unable to connect to Facebook'); if ($http->contenta('logout') === false) { // Login required, login now!

list($dom, $xpath) = $http->response();

$challenge = $dom->getElementById('challenge')->getAttribute('value');
$data = array(
    'email' => USERNAME,
    'pass' => PASSWORD,
    'challenge' => $challenge,
    'md5pass' => '1',
    'noerror' => '1',
);
$http->posta(https://login.facebook.com/login.php, $data, 'Unable to login');
$http->contenta('logout', 'Login failed');

}

i used this script to create several scheduled tasks in windows to collect / poll different contents from internet, summarize and email to me on a daily basis. it may not be a very elegant solution, but it just gives me some shorthand, while dealing with the HTTP_Client class.

Comments on snippet: 'Http Bot class in PHP'

Sn0opy said on 11/Jun/2008

dereklio said on 11/Jun/2008