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vb Linkchecker Bot 1.1 · **Released**: 09-08-2008

MaxWCoders present vB Link Checker Bot 1.1

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DESCRIPTION
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1) Checks Rapidshare.de , Rapidshare.com , Sendspace.com , Megaupload.com , Depositfiles.com and Mediafire.com links using cURL.
2) Works for post with all BBCodes.
3) Bins the post if more than specified percent of dead links are found , pms the user about it and posts in that topic
4) If all links are alive it adds specified message at the end of the post and the description.
5) If some links are live and some are dead i.e less than specified % , it makes a thread in a specified forum about it
6)Has a debug mode, to help you debug the errors.
7)Bot doesn't timeout due to MySQL timeout or PHP timeout.
8)It is a product, can be imported and settings can be changed easily.
9)Methods are accessible with keywords.

VBBot Installation How-To
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1. Upload vbbot.php to your root folder where your VB installation is
Note : If you had older version of the bot, delete vbbot.php (or the folder) and replace it by new one.

2. Goto your ACP and go to 'Plugins & Products' and then click on 'Manage Products'

3. In the top box eneter the location of the product-link_bot.xml file on your computer
and then click the 'Import' button.

4. You have just installed the VB Link Checker bot.

5. If you had older version of the bot, delete vbbot.php (or the folder) and replace it by new one.

Setting up and configuring your VB Link Checker
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1. Create a new user that will be used for your Link Checker Bot. Make sure the bot has
the appropriate permissions for where it will be posting. (ie, VIP/Private forums)

2. Create the forums you will be using for good and bad links if you have not done so already.

3. Goto vBulletin Opions and select the MaxWCoders LinkChecker Bot.

4. All the options/setting are pretty self explanatory and each option has the description
of what the setting are for and do. Refer the the bottow of this Read Me of finding the
correct IDs you will need if you are not sure where to look.

5. Once you have everything set up hit the save button at the bottom.

Security
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1. For security reasons, it is highly recommended you rename your bot to something else for instance 63454.php

Running your Link Checker Bot
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1. You can run the bot by setting up a Cron job to run at a set time so you will not have to
run it manually. This can be found in your cPannel of your server.

2. You can call it manually by running vbbot.php (ie. http://www.siteurl.com/vbbot.php)

How to find all of your needed IDs.
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How to find your forum ID:
Just goto the forum in question and the URL will look like the one below.

http://www.yourwebsite.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 <--- The number at the end of the URL
will be the forum ID. In this example
it is 18.

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How to find your user ID
Find the user that is going to be your bot and click on the user name.
Now look at the URL in the address bar. It should look something like the one below

http://www.yourwebsite.com/member.php?u=2 <--- The number at the end of the URL will be
the user ID. In this example the user ID
is 2.

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Bot in action

Script support on

Code:

www.maxwcoders.com

Read the glossary included in the RAR and ZIPs.

Get them at

Code:

http://www.maxwcoders.com/bots/downloads/vbbot11.rar

Changelog:
1.0 - 1.1 -> Bug fixes and Product installer

Bugs:

Unfortunately due to time constraints due to exams, I am not able to find the bug fix for the PM bug. Whenever bot tries to PM a certain member with PM disabled, or something similar, it returns a big error. So far only fix for it is, disable PM for that topic and run it again. Maybe after my exams, I can have a better look. Other than that, the new version is just fine

misr.cc · #**132** 09-14-2008, 07:54 PM

Thanks Man it's work great

== Install ?? Nomin MOTM ==

Edit :- how i can stop it ??
every time i try to run it
i see this ( Bot is running. )

any help ??

iPodHacking.com · #**133** 09-14-2008, 09:09 PM

OK i decided to have another go at this file. I have been able to work out most of the errors i was getting based on feedback.

but i am still getting this last error and i have no clue why.I have done all the SQL queries and stuff.

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/mysite/public_html/botruns/vbbot.php on line 124

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/mysite/public_html/botruns/vbbot.php on line 129
Using Method where it seems that all topics have been checked.

Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/mysite/public_html/botruns/vbbot.php on line 147

inteller2k7 · #**134** 09-14-2008, 10:04 PM

I was curious as to this error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/forum/public_html/vbbot.php on line 64
i take it this means curl is not installed?

Thanks

esperone · #**135** 09-14-2008, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misr.cc

Edit :- how i can stop it ??
every time i try to run it
i see this ( Bot is running. )

any help ??

just add ?deletefile to the end of the bot.php file

(ie. http://www.yoursite.com/vbbot.php?deletefile)

The .txt file will be deleted. Now just run the bot file again and it will restart.

See the authors website which is in the installation file included with the mod.

Hscorp , did you add the mysql tables like the author said to do?

misr.cc · #**136** 09-14-2008, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by esperone

just add ?deletefile to the end of the bot.php file

(ie. http://www.yoursite.com/vbbot.php?deletefile)

The .txt file will be deleted. Now just run the bot file again and it will restart.

See the authors website which is in the installation file included with the mod.

Thanks

Fixed

hscorp · #**137** 09-15-2008, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by esperone

just add ?deletefile to the end of the bot.php file

(ie. http://www.yoursite.com/vbbot.php?deletefile)

The .txt file will be deleted. Now just run the bot file again and it will restart.

See the authors website which is in the installation file included with the mod.

Hscorp , did you add the mysql tables like the author said to do?

yea it was working good with first 25 topics

FRANKTHETANK 2 · #**138** 09-15-2008, 12:51 AM

This is the problem I keep getting any one willing to help me?

When i go to this link
http://www.gaminghax.com/forum/exp.BOT/vbbot.php

I get this error

Warning: require_once(/includes/config.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/gamingha/public_html/forum/exp. BOT/vbbot.php on line 28

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/includes/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/gamingha/public_html/forum/exp. BOT/vbbot.php on line 28

But when I refresh it it says
Bot is running

All i get is a screen saying bot is running. What do I do next, how do I tell that it's working, were do I go to see if it's working.

Dman91 · #**139** 09-15-2008, 02:48 AM

Frankthetank 2 .. check your post on MaxWCoders
HSCorp your mysql connection is timing out... tell your server admin to raise it or wait for next version which will auto connect
The person who got curl_init unknown function, curl is not installed.

Kaycee123 · #**140** 09-15-2008, 05:37 AM

I have tried to set this so that the bot doesn't recheck the forum where the expired links were already put from a previous scan. However, it still is rechecking all those links - have I set something wrong?

PHP Code:


			
// Start of user defined variables

$trash = '146'; //Forum id of trash

$botid = '1015'; //Userid of bot

$botname = 'Linkbak'; //Username of bot

$check = '`forumid` != 47 OR `forumid` != 146';//Forums to check 

$pa = '

Links checked on ' . date('d/m/y'). ' by link checker bot'; //This will append this at the end of the checked post

$ppa = '<br /> Links checked on ' . date('d/m/y'). ' by link checker bot'; //VB uses a caching technique, this will append it to end of parsed post. This is HTML!

$perd = '1'; //Percent decision variable.

$tr = "More than $perd percent on the links are dead that is why the topic is moved to Expired Links"; // This is the reply in the topic.

$pmt = 'I have moved your topic to Expired Links'; // PM Title

$reportforumid = '147'; //This is where bot will make new topics stating reports

$showurl = 'http://www.iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t='; //Your URL

//Check Line 226 to edit PM message.

//End of user defined variables. Don't edit below this line. No really don't.

Also, I try running that delete command to remove the botsrun.txt file but it doesn't remove it.

Dman91 · #**141** 09-15-2008, 06:16 AM

indeed, it was my bad
Replace this by

Code:

$check = '`forumid` != 47 OR `forumid` != 146';//Forums to check

Whenever you use != to check, use AND
this

Code:

$check = '`forumid` != 47 AND `forumid` != 146';//Forums to check

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