MESSAGE_GROUP(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation MESSAGE_GROUP(1)NAMEmessage_group - Send a message to a myspace group
VERSION
Version 0.7
SYNOPSISmessage_group config_file
Where config_file is a YAML file containing account and message info.
Note that this should be readable only by you (i.e. chmod 600
config_file).
This script is a command-line front end for the WWW::Myspace::Message
module that lets you message all the members of a specific MySpace
group. This is handy if, say, your band sounds like another band and
you want to send a message to the members of that group saying that
they might like your music because they like that band.
Sample config file:
---
account: myaccount@myspace.com
password: mypassword
subject: Hi there!
cache_file: /path/to/mycache
message: |
This is a message.
It is, and must be, indented by two spaces.
- Me
group: 1255555
# You can also do this to specify multiple groups (notice the indent again):
group:
- 1255555
- 1244444
- 1345553
This script will read the config file and start messaging. If it hits
the max_count value or a CAPTCHA response, it will sleep for 24 hours,
then continue. If the script is stopped or interrupted, re-run it using
the same config file and it will pick up where it left off. The script
invokes the send_all method in WWW::Myspace::Message. Use perldoc
WWW::Myspace::Message to read the docs on that module.
Note: To run this as a cron job, set delay_time to 0 in the config
file. This will make it exit instead of pausing when it hits max_count
or CAPTCHA. This is good because it'll re-read the friends list on the
next run, so it'll pick up any changes.
delay_time: 0
Be careful when specifying multiple groups. The script will read all
the friends from all the groups each time it's run. Since you're only
going to message about 300 per day, that can be a big waste of
resources. Try to do one group at a time.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests, or send any patches, to
"bug-www-myspace at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WWW-Myspace
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WWW-Myspace>. I will
be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
your bug as I make changes.
IF YOU USE A MAIL SERVICE (or program) WITH JUNK MAIL FILTERING,
especially HOTMAIL or YAHOO, add the bug reporting email address above
to your address book so that you can receive status updates.
Bug reports are nice, patches are nicer.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc message_group
You can also look for information at:
· AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
http://annocpan.org/dist/WWW-Myspace <http://annocpan.org/dist/WWW-
Myspace>
· CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/WWW-Myspace
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/WWW-Myspace>
· RT: CPAN's request tracker
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=WWW-Myspace
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=WWW-Myspace>
· Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Myspace
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Myspace>
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2005-2006 Grant Grueninger, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.14.1 2006-06-21 MESSAGE_GROUP(1)
