Hate Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Hello, I've recently embarked on a mission to create a php script that will be able to login to my aol instant messenger account and retrieve the list of my currently online friends. I've found a few outdated classes, but none of them are appearing to work. I was told to look into the dbus extension for php and use the pidgin interface, but this requires compiling and installing, which on a shared hosting package I cannot do. Is there any other ways that I could connect to aim and access this information without having to install extensions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Usually not, no. AOL specifically forbids bots of this type, so doing this normally requires extensive hacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 People still use AIM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahngiel Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 People still use AIM? This. Also, this. http://www.userplane.com/docs/start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hate Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 People still use AIM? This. Also, this. http://www.userplane.com/docs/start Yeah, a friend is wanting this made for him so I'm trying to do this. userplan is javascript based for creating an actual IM program around it believe. I'm looking for something more php based. I noticed aim doesn't have their public api that you can register for anymore. Would it be possible to use some api from another chat client for aim? Pidgin, Trillian, Meebo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahngiel Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 you'd have to look into their source codes which are likely wrapped in binary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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