impostor
by Mike Mondragon
https://github.com/monde/impostor
http://impostor.rubyforge.org/
== DESCRIPTION:
imPOSTor posts messages to forums
== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
Makes automated posts to the following forum applications:
* Web Wiz Forums (WWF) 7.9
* Web Wiz Forums (WWF) 8.0
* PHP Bullitin Board (phpBB) 2.2
* PHP Bullitin Board (phpBB) 3.0
== SYNOPSIS:
# config yaml has options specific to wwf79, phpbb2, etc.
# Read the impostor docs for configuration options for the kind of forum to
# be accessed.
# config can be keyed by symbols or strings
config = YAML::load_file('conf/impostor.yml')
impostor = Impostor.new(config)
message = %q{hello world is to application
programmers as tea pots are to graphics programmers}
# your application stores forum and topic ids
impostor.post(forum=5,topic=10,message)
# make a new topic
subject = "about programmers..."
impostor.new_topic(forum=7,subject,message)
== CONFIGURATION
Configurable options:
* :app_root
* :cookie_jar
* :follow_meta_refresh
* :forum_posts_page
* :logger
* :login_page
* :new_reply_page
* :new_topic_page
* :password
* :post_message_page
* :posting_page
* :sleep_before_post
* :topics_cache
* :type
* :user_agent
* :username
Example
config = {
:app_root=>"http://example.com/phpBB/",
:login_page=>"login.php",
:password=>"pass",
:posting_page=>"posting.php",
:sleep_before_post=>2,
:type=>:phpbb2,
:user_agent=>"Windows IE 7",
:username=>"user",
}
impostor = Impostor.new(config)
== REQUIREMENTS:
* hoe
* mechanize
* nokogiri
== SOURCE
git clone git://github.com/monde/impostor.git
== INSTALL:
* gem install impostor
== LICENSE:
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Mike Mondragon
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'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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