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in reply to Re: Net::Aim (again)
in thread Net::Aim (again)

I was hesitant to use Net::Aim due to the lack of information on the cpan module page. With AOLIM atleast they should examples of how to use it.

In any case, I implemented a fast copy using Net::Aim and I'm getting an error :PARSE: How many args in ' 2'?

The script hangs after "Login Successful". Any suggestions?

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Net::AIM;

my $aim;
my $conn;

print "Subject's name:";
chomp(my $destuser = <STDIN>);

print "Message:";
chomp(my $message = <STDIN>);


print "Starting Net::Aim\n";
 $aim = new Net::AIM;
 
print "Connecting with loging crudentials\n"; 
  $conn = $aim->newconn(Screenname   => 'wfgs343R',
                        Password     => 'iamcool');
                        
print "Login sucessfull!\n";
  $aim->start;
print "Beginning AIM\n";

$aim->send_im($destuser, $message);  
print "Message sent.\n";

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Re: Re: Re: Net::Aim (again)
by sutch (Curate) on Apr 12, 2003 at 16:58 UTC
    It's been a while since I've done anything useful with Net::AIM, but I remember that it needs to handle some config events before any messages can be sent. I also noticed that AIM will not send messages if the connection is closed too soon (thus the sleep).

    This code below does the job. DEBUG is on to show some useful information, but I'd also suggest adding some print statements to gain an even better understanding of how Net::AIM functions.

    #!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use Net::AIM;

sub DEBUG() { 1 }

my $aim = new Net::AIM;
$aim->debug(1) if (DEBUG);  # provides helpful information
$aim->newconn( Screenname => 'my_name', Password => 'my_password' ) or
+ die "Can't connect to AIM server.\n";
my $conn = $aim->getconn();
$conn->set_handler('config', \&on_config);

$aim->set('config_done', 0);
my $done = 0;
while (! $done) {
  $aim->do_one_loop();
  if ($aim->get('config_done')) {
    $aim->send_im('my_buddy', 'my_message');
    sleep 5;
    $done = 1;
  } else {
    $aim->do_one_loop();
  }
}

sub on_config {
   my ($self, $evt, $from, $to) = @_;
   my $str = shift @{$evt->args()};
   $self->set_config_str($str, 1);
   $self->send_config();
   $self->set('config_done', 1);
}

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Re: Re: Re: Net::Aim (again)
by The Mad Hatter (Priest) on Apr 12, 2003 at 16:33 UTC
    From Net::AIM:
    $aim->start()
        This just starts an infinte loop of $aim->do_one_loop;
    If you take out the $aim->start;, your script should work.

    Update Hmm, just tried it and it doesn't work. You might need to set some type of handler to send the message and then do the $aim->start...

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