Re: Net::OSCAR - a bot that will send and receive?

Did you check the documentation? Granted it's not brimming with code examples, but there is quite a bit of text in Net::OSCAR. From a quick browse it appears that you need to declare a callback for:

im_in (OSCAR, FROM, MESSAGE[, AWAY])

    Called when someone sends you an instant message. If the AWAY para
+meter is non-zero, the message was generated as an automatic reply, p
+erhaps because you sent that person a message and they had an away me
+ssage set.
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Re^2: Net::OSCAR - a bot that will send and receive? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 08, 2008 at 01:36 UTC
I understand, and have this: `sub im_in { my($oscar, $sender, $message, $is_away) = @_; print "$sender: $message\n"; }` [download] this handles messages received, and of course we use this: `$oscar->set_callback_im_in(\&im_in);` [download] but the problem is, it doesnt do anything if I go inside a loop of sending messages every X amount of seconds like the example above, it never goes into the callback function, because its stuck inside the loop.. thats the problem im having.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Net::OSCAR - a bot that will send and receive? by kennethk (Abbot) on Dec 08, 2008 at 02:36 UTC
I do not see the callback set in the code snippet you've posted. I'm fairly certain you need to call `$oscar->set_callback_im_in(\&im_in)` before you can expect that to be mapped. If it is called before your loop, then you should post the complete code where it is called (perhaps `\&signon_done`?). The `do_one_loop` method should call your `im_in` method if there's a message on the server (assuming your `sleep(5)` isn't causing connection problems).	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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