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NAME

BBS::UserInfo::SOB - Get user information of SOB-style BBS

SYNOPSIS

    use BBS::UserInfo::SOB;

    my $foo = BBS::UserInfo::SOB->new(
            'debug' => 1,
            'port' => 23,
            'server' => 'birdnest.twbbs.org',
            'telnet' => '/usr/bin/telnet',
            'timeout' => 10
            );

    # connect to the server
    $bot->connect() or die('Unable to connect BBS');

    my $userdata = $bot->query('username');

    # print some data
    print($userdata->{'logintimes'});

FUNCTIONS

new()

Create a BBS::UserInfo::SOB object, there are some parameters that you can define:

    server => 'birdnest.twbbs.org'      # Necessary, server name
    port => 23                          # Optional, server port
    telnet => 'telnet'                  # Optional, telnet program
    timeout => 10                       # Optional, Expect timeout
    debug => 1                          # Optional, print debug information

connect()

Connect to the BBS server.

query()

Query user information and return a hash reference with:

  • nickname

  • logintimes

  • posttimes

  • lastlogintime

  • lastloginip

AUTHOR

Gea-Suan Lin, <gslin at gslin.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2006 Gea-Suan Lin, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.