vBulletin SOAP API

sorry for my bad english


Changes:

v. 1.0.7
Bugfix in the updateUser function
added getOnlineUsers() function, to get the list of the logged in users

v. 1.0.6
updateUser uand deleteUser updated, now is posible to call it with userid or other field from user table
getStats() funktion added, to get forum stats


v. 1.0.5
Added updateUser, deleteUser to update user data ( email/password, username )
or delete user

v. 1.0.4
Added doActivateSession function to let vbulletin accept sessionid

v. 1.0.3
functions to get userdata and postdata are now done
postmessage returns as formated html

v. 1.0.2
added support for vbulletin "session"
the server can now send all needed cookies, to the client, last 2 optional:
(PREFIXsessionhash/lastvisit/lastactivity/(userid/password))

v. 1.0.1
rename login funtion to doLogin
add placeholder for getUser/setUser, getPost/setPost, getThread/setThread functions
change URL in the WSDL file to relative URL




this is a beta version !!

what this hack do:

this hack provide a soap api to access vbulletin functions over internet
( for example: ebay, amazon or google have they webservices api to access is over soap )

this hack has at the moment this functions

1. login to vbulletin
you must give username and password, as response you get userid and password as md5 ( with salt ) hash

so that you can set vbulletin cookie on your application

2.
a. last X post from the forum
b. last X post from the forum, which the user ( which is loged in, see 1. ) can see

3. manipulate a user, get user information , create users or delete then

4.
get forum statistics from vbulletin ( Sponsored by 1Agency (www.1agency.de) )
you will get new user, max threads/posts and some other stuff as result

5.
get all logged in users in vbulletin


what can you do with this hack ?

you can make common login with your application ( written in PHP/ASP(.NET)/JAVA/C or any language which supports SOAP calls ( for example mozilla firefox ^^)).
to make common login, you must set vbulletin cookie, see 1.

or you can write firefox extension to get last 10 thread from your forum, with threads that you can see

or synchronise users from your application and vbulletin ( this feauture is on development )

other planced feautures are:
write comment
write thread
get thread ( with all comments )


whis SOAP-SERVER is written in PHP5 with SOAP - extension
so that you need to be php5 and soap extension installed on your server
( all new destributions provides php5 and soap extensions as rpm packages )

it is posible to write this server in php4 oder php5 without soap extension ( with nuSOAP or PEAR::SOAP ) but this is not planed at the time, sorry
php
Clients can be written in Java, ASP or PHP, with all language which supports soap
so that you can make common login between an ASP or JSP CMS and Vbulletin


how to install

unpack the package, move the "soap" folder in your forum root
and install the product with product installer

to test the functionality i have included some test files in /soap/examples

you must change the url and username/password and the key in this files


later i will make some examples for typo3/joomla/xoops to access and login into vbulletin

i will accept every help and feedback to make this extension better

updated example is in the "soap" folder

[oojacoboo]

leonsio, I have tried all the scripts. I even pasted in the code that I was using on the login script in post #94.

They are all the same thing really, right? example is just login and last10 together...

Isn't it the server.php file that is sending the wrong sql? Wouldn't it not even attempt to process if the wrong API was sent to the soap/server.php soap server?

[leonsio]

this error can be produced ONLY by updateUser or deleteUser call

the login example can not produce this error, because login methode dont have any querys like error message

[oojacoboo]

well maybe its update user? Could it be updating the cookie for the user or the session id or something? I don't really know how this works in entirety. I just know this is the error I am getting. Any ideas?

Shouldn't I be able to view the latest 10 posts from the link on the login script, if its working properly? It shows nothing when I try to view. Therefore, I assume its not working.

Any ideas on what I can try to get it up and going?

[necrotic]

Thank you so much! We will be using this on Christian-Lyrics.net shortly. I had originally made a seperate login using the same tables, but different cookies, because of the forum being on a sub-domain.

[oojacoboo]

maybe the issue is with 3.5.3?

[leonsio]

my forum runs with vb 3.5.3

you want to install joomla connector right?

then setup a new test board and test it together with the connector

and dont stop on one error message, which can be produced by outdated examples

[oojacoboo]

well, I think I am getting somewhere maybe now. At least the logout function works across the board. However, the login doesn't. In addition, if I login on the forum, then proceed to login on the joomla site, it logs me out of the forum and onto the joomla site...

Who knows... I don't even really know what to put in my settings as its far from clear. I don't know if its working, or anything. I am sure you are fed up with me Leonsio and all the problems, and I offered to help with docs on this, which would solve these issues. The English is hard to understand, and there are lots of steps missing and everything is scattered.

I really do appreciate all the dev work and help. I am trying to make this easier on others wanting to install this connector, as I am sure there are plenty. However, most are waiting, b/c its too confusing at the moment.

[ptmuldoon]

Can somone possible help me out in trying to get vb and joomla to work together? I've installed the connector from joomla's site, but i'm getting this error:

Fatal error: Class 'SoapClient' not found in C:\wamp\www\joomla\components\com_connector\module s\vbulletin.class.php on line 42

I'm trying to test this on a local WAMP install. Do I need to install a soap client or something? WAMP is using php 5.1.1

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[leonsio]

you need soap extension
of you are using windows just comment out in the php.ini the soap.dll

[ptmuldoon]

Well, I'm testing locally with a WAMP install from wampserver.com. Looking at the php.ini file, I don't have soap.dll in there. So, I'm not sure on how to proceed then.