Re: Net::AOLIM howto

I have not used Net::AOLIM, but i have used Net::AIM and Net::Oscar. In both of those you have to add the buddy to your buddy list (threw there methods) and the listen for an event with the On_Buddy_Update handler. There does not appear to be any way to poll a user not on your buddy list, (if you find a way it would be great if you share it!)

I recomend giving either of the other AIM modules a look as they both work excelent.

Good luck!

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Eric Hodges

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Re: Re: Net::AOLIM howto by solitaryrpr (Acolyte) on Sep 10, 2003 at 05:20 UTC
I've looked at all five or so modules and settled on AOLIM because it seemed to be under fairly active development (last update was just last month)...I'll try with the others to see. Of course, I may also dig into the roll your own functionality that is shown in the perldocs but (not being a "real" programmer) I wasn't sure if I was just missing something. I have a couple of samples to go by for Net::AIM and Net::OSCAR but I haven't really looked closely into that. wonder if the roll your own in AOLIM might allow a way to poll for buddies not in your list (although I doubt AOL would let you poll blindly). =G=	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Net::AOLIM howto by eric256 (Parson) on Sep 10, 2003 at 05:35 UTC
I just looked over the example for using Net::AOLIM and if you look in the handlers sub it shows how to handle updates to your buddies status. I would highly recomend using one of the other modules even if they aren't as active, they are much more mature in event handling. :) ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply]
Re: Net::AOLIM howto by solitaryrpr (Acolyte) on Sep 10, 2003 at 12:33 UTC
Thanks Eric. I've been through the example as well and the only buddy update I've been able to get good info for is the user the script logs in as. All others I've been unable to do anything with. There is a get_buddy_info function (I think that's what it's called I don't have the doc in front of me) that I thought would do it but it returns some url thing so I'm betting that's not what I'm looking for. I'll give Net::AIM a try and see what I can make happen. thanks, =G=	[reply]