aimstatus-v0i1

# Blosxom Plugin: aimstatus
# Author(s): Bri Hunziker <v0idifd3tached AT jetalone DOT com>
# Version: 0.1 (2004-08-29)
# Documentation: See the bottom of this file or type: perldoc aimstatus

package aimstatus;

# ---- Configurable variables ------

# AIM Screenname
my $screen_name = 'v0idifd3tached';

# Message to display when signed-on
my $online_msg = qq(<a href="aim:goim?screenname=$screen_name&message=hi!">online</a>);

# ----------------------------------

use IO::Socket;

$display = '';

sub start {
    1;
}

sub head {
    my $socket = IO::Socket::INET -> new (
        PeerAddr => 'big.oscar.aol.com:80', 
        Timeout  => 3
        ) or die $@;

    print $socket "GET /$screen_name?on_url=online&off_url=offline HTTP/1.0\n\n";

    while (<$socket>) {
        <$socket> =~ /online/i and $display = $online_msg;
    }
    close $socket; 
}

1;

__END__

=head1 NAME

Blosxom Plug-in: aimstatus

=head1 SYNOPSIS

Provides a text indicator of the current online status for a given AIM
Screenname.

=head1 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

To configure, set $screen_name to your AIM Screenname, and $online_msg
to the string to be displayed when you are currently signed on to AIM. 
To install, drop aimstatus into your Blosxom plug-ins directory. Call 
$aimstatus::display from a flavour file to display the status.

=head1 VERSION

0.1 (2004-08-29)

=head1 AUTHOR

Bri Hunziker <v0idifd3tached AT jetalone DOT com>
[http://www.jetalone.com]

=head1 SEE ALSO

Blosxom Home/Docs/Licensing: http://www.raelity.org/apps/blosxom/

Blosxom Plugin Docs: http://www.raelity.org/apps/blosxom/plugin.shtml

=head1 BUGS

Possibly. Please address bug reports and comments to the Blosxom
mailing list [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blosxom].

=head1 LICENSE

This Blosxom Plug-in Copyright 2004, Bri Hunziker

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining 
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including 
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, 
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to 
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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