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NAME

WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest - Interactively add friends to your Myspace account

VERSION

Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

This module gives you a little more flexibility when adding friends to your Myspace account. It is interactive and will occasionally prompt you for input. You'll have the most success when using it at the command line, but you do have the option of suppressing its reporting and interactive nature if you want to run it from a cgi script or if you just find it annoying. Hey, you've got your reasons, right? This module is an extension of Grant Grueninger's handy WWW::Myspace module.

    use WWW::Myspace;
    use WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest;

    my $myspace = WWW::Myspace->new();

    my $adder = WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest->new( $myspace );

    $adder->friend_ids('List', 'of', 'friend', 'ids');

    $adder->post;

By default, this routine will try to add as many friends as possible until it it reaches max_count, which defaults to 50, but can be set to any number of your choosing. See below. When Myspace prompts you for user input, the routine will pause and allow you as much time as you need to fill out the Myspace form. Once you have done so, you may prompt the script to continue or to exit. Upon its exit, the script will report on its success and/or failure.

default_options

Returns the default options this method takes. Used internally to parse and verify options. Most options come from the Poster class.

CONSTRUCTOR AND STARTUP

new()

Initialize and return a new WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest object. $myspace is a WWW::Myspace object.

Example

    use WWW::Myspace;

    use WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest;
    
    # see WWW::Myspace docs for more info on user/pass usage
    my $myspace = WWW::Myspace->new(); 

    my $adder = WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest->new( $myspace );
    
    # or pass some startup parameters
    my %startup_params = (
        exclude_my_friends  => 1, 
        max_count           => 25, 
        config_file         => '/path/to/config_file.cfg',
    );

    my $adder = WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest->new( 
        $myspace,
        \%startup_params, 
    );

    # find all of Shania Twain's friends 
    # (hey, you've got your reasons...)
    my @friend_ids = $myspace->friends_from_profile('13866406');

    # now, ask Shania's friends to be your friends
    $adder->friend_ids( @friend_ids );
    $adder->post;

Optional Parameters

  • config_file => $value

    If you prefer to keep your startup parameters in a file, pass a valid filename to new.

    Your startup file may contain any of the parameters that can be passed to new() (except the $myspace object). Your config file will be used to set the default parameters for startup. Any other parameters which you also pass to new() will override the corresponding values in the config file. So, if you have a default setting for exclude_my_friends in your config file but also pass exclude_my_friends directly to new(), the config file value will be overriden. The default behaviour is not to look for a config file. Default file format is YAML.

        my $adder = WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest->( 
        $myspace, 
        { config_file => '/path/to/adder_config.cfg', }, 
    );

  • config_file_format => [YAML|CFG]

    If you have chosen to use a configuration file, you may state explicitly which format you are using. You may choose between YAML and Config::General. If you choose not to pass this parameter, it will default to YAML.

  • exclude_my_friends => [0|1]

    You can only perform a set number of friend requests per day. I don't know what that number is. At this point, it's more than 200, It could be as many as 300. If you know, let me know. I can't tell you for sure, so don't go crazy and try 1,000 requests in an hour. A failed request is a wasted interaction, and there's really no point in trying to add people who are already on your friends list. It just makes you look like someone who has no clue. So, if you want to get the most out of your bandwidth and CPU, set this value to be true. Currently this info is not cached, so your friend ids will have to be looked up every time you run the script. (I'm working on an SQL-related solution right now. Watch for it...) If you have a lot of friends, keep in mind that this will mean some extra time before your script starts trying to add friends. Default is off.

  • interactive => [0|1]

    This module is at its most powerful when you are able to interact with it. If you don't feel like interacting, set this to 0. Default is on.

  • max_count => $value

    Set this to any positive integer and FriendRequest will stop friend requests when it reaches this upper limit. Default is 50.

  • profile_type => [ 'band' | 'personal' | 'all' ]

    Set this to band if you only want to add bands. Set it to personal if you only want to add personal pages. Defaults to "all" (adds any profile).

  • random_sleep => [0|1]

    Want your script to feel more human? Set random_sleep to 1 and post() will take random breaks between add requests using Perl's built-in rand() function. The upper limit of the random number will be set by the sleep option (see below). Default is off.

  • sleep => $value

    Myspace's network connectivity is wonky at the best of times. Best not to send a request every 0.1 seconds. Set this to any positive number and post() will sleep for this many seconds between add requests. If you enable random_sleep (see above), this number will be the upper limit of the random sleep time. Default is 10.

post

This method is the main force behind this module. It takes the list of friend_ids and tries to add them to your friends. This method is really just a wrapper around $myspace->post() It adds interactivity and advanced reporting to the WWW::Myspace method. You'll get most of the info that you need printed to your terminal when you run your script from the command line. But, the script will also return a hash reference which you can use to create your own reports. The hash is keyed on response codes returned by WWW::Myspace. The value of each key is a list of friend ids which returned with that status code.

    my $report = $adder->post;
    
    # when run at the command line, you may see something like this:
    
    $ perl add.pl 

    Beginning to process the ids...
    1)      9395579:        Failed, this person is already your friend.
(FF)
                            Sleeping for 4.95 seconds...
    2)      9373522:        Passed! Verification string received. (P)
                            Sleeping for 2.43 seconds...
    3)      9315640:        Failed, you already have a pending friend
request
                            for this person (FP)
                            Sleeping for 5.71 seconds...
    4)      9277516:        Passed! Verification string received. (P)
                            Sleeping for 1.78 seconds...
    5)      9269809:        Passed! Verification string received. (P) 
    
    Max attempts (5) reached. Exiting nicely...
    
    Final status report...
    
    ######################
    5 successful adds
    1 Failed, this person is already your friend. (FF)
    1 Failed, you already have a pending friend request for this person
(FP)
    3 Passed! Verification string received. (P)

    # %report may look something like this...
    my %{$report} = (
        'FF' => [
                    '9395579'
                ],
        'FP' => [
                    '9315640'
                ],
        'P' => [
                   '9373522',
                   '9277516',
                   '9269809'
                 ],
        );

send_post( $friend_id )

This is the method, called by post (which is really part of the Poster superclass), that actually does the posting.

add_to_friends

Convenience method - same as post.

send_friend_requests( @friend_ids )

Another convenience method for those used to the old module. If passed a list of friendIDs, it passes them to the "friend_ids" method and calls post.

return_params( )

Useful for testing whether your params have been set as expected.

    my $param_ref = $adder->return_params();

AUTHOR

Olaf Alders, <olaf at wundersolutions.com> inspired by the excellent code of Grant Grueninger

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-www-myspace at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WWW-Myspace. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

NOTES

This module is still in its infancy. It does a lot of cool stuff, but the interface is still subject to change. Please keep this in mind when upgrading

TO DO

Caching features

Blocking friend requests to ids that are already pending

Tighten up accessor/mutator functions for this module

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc WWW::Myspace::FriendRequest

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks to Grant Grueninger for giving birth to WWW::Myspace and for his help and advice in the development of this module.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2006 Olaf Alders, all rights reserved.

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