view libpurple/purple-client-example.c @ 27161:7054f810b0f9

Check in code that connects to oscar using clientLogin. This is the authentication scheme they've publically documented. We still use the old MD5-style login as the default, but you can optionally try this out by checking a check box on the advanced tab of your oscar account. Functionally everything is supposed to be the same. However, for some reason users with Mobile IM forwarding turned on don't show up online and can't be messaged. Not sure why. Using clientLogin DOES make it easier for AOL to track us. And yes, it probably makes it easier for AOL to block us, too. But I don't believe they want to do that. I believe they're trying to keep their network open, and I think we should appreciate that and try to work with them. We're not just some small open source project that slips under the radar unnoticed anymore. It's good to have options, right? None of this code was taken from anywhere (outside of libpurple). I wrote it all from scratch (and took a few bits from other places in libpurple). I did use the documentation on http://dev.aol.com/aim , but I don't believe that affects us from a licensing standpoint in any way. If you disagree we should talk about it on the devel mailing list.

#ifndef DBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE
#define DBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE
#endif

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "purple-client.h"

/*
   This example demonstrates how to use libpurple-client to communicate
   with purple.  The names and signatures of functions provided by
   libpurple-client are the same as those in purple.  However, all
   structures (such as PurpleAccount) are opaque, that is, you can only
   use pointer to them.  In fact, these pointers DO NOT actually point
   to anything, they are just integer identifiers of assigned to these
   structures by purple.  So NEVER try to dereference these pointers.
   Integer ids as disguised as pointers to provide type checking and
   prevent mistakes such as passing an id of PurpleAccount when an id of
   PurpleBuddy is expected.  According to glib manual, this technique is
   portable.
*/

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
	GList *alist, *node;

	purple_init();

	alist = purple_accounts_get_all();
	for (node = alist; node != NULL; node = node->next)
	{
		PurpleAccount *account = (PurpleAccount*) node->data;
		char *name = purple_account_get_username(account);
		g_print("Name: %s\n", name);
		g_free(name);
	}
	g_list_free(alist);

	return 0;
}