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Apr 21, 2007, 12:23 AM

Clint

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Apr 21, 2007, 12:23 AM

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Auto Submit Links

Greetings!

I've had some inquiries from some Submission Services who would like the ability to auto-submit a large number of links to my database.

Does anyone have any ideas what would be the best method to achieve this? Someone did suggest Submit Wolf - but I don't know whether that can be used with sites that require prior registration/login.

Thanks,

Clint.
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Apr 21, 2007, 6:59 AM

Andy

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Apr 21, 2007, 6:59 AM

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Hi,

I'm a little confused as to what you are trying to do - are you looking at making it possible for an external "link submission" script to add links to your directory, or a way to submit lots of links to other engines?

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Apr 21, 2007, 7:42 AM

Clint

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Apr 21, 2007, 7:42 AM

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Hi Andy:

An external script/program to be able to add links to my directory. In particular, some submission sites have asked for this.

Thanks,

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Apr 23, 2007, 1:40 AM

Andy

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Apr 23, 2007, 1:40 AM

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Hi,

Ok, well the simplest way would be to make a copy of /admin/Links/User/Add.pm, and call it Add2.pm. Then, find this bit of code:

Code:
    if ($CFG->{user_required} and !$USER) { 
        print $IN->redirect(Links::redirect_login_url('add')); 
        return; 
    }

..and comment it out, like so:

Code:
#    if ($CFG->{user_required} and !$USER) { 
#        print $IN->redirect(Links::redirect_login_url('add')); 
#        return; 
#    }

Then, copy /cgi-bin/add.cgi to add_hidden.cgi, and change:

Code:
if ($PLG->dispatch('check_request', \&Links::check_request)) { 
    $PLG->dispatch('handle_add', \&Links::User::Add::handle); 
}

..to:

Code:
if ($PLG->dispatch('check_request', \&Links::check_request)) { 
    $PLG->dispatch('handle_add', \&Links::User::Add2::handle); 
}

(then CHMOD the new .cgi script to 755 Smile

)

That should then let someone add a link without actually being logged in / signed up.

Hope that helps Angelic

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Apr 27, 2007, 12:16 AM

Clint

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Apr 27, 2007, 12:16 AM

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Thanks Andy,

I imagine I could then either send them a 'form' that they could use to complete - with fields etc OR they could perhaps modify submitWolf or similar software.

All the best,

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Apr 27, 2007, 1:13 AM

Andy

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Apr 27, 2007, 1:13 AM

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Hi,

Yeah, they could either complete the form via a browser, or submit it via software.

A couple of thing's I forgot to mention.

1) In Add2.pm, you need to search and replace;

Code:
Links::SiteHTML::display('add'

...and then replace with:

Code:
Links::SiteHTML::display('add2'

(should be 2 instances).

2) Then, in add.html - change the <form ..> action from:

Code:
method="<%config.db_cgi_url%>/add.cgi"

..to:

Code:
method="<%config.db_cgi_url%>/add2.cgi"

That should do it =)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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