Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vb Linkchecker Bot 1.1

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

www.maxwcoders.com

Read the glossary included in the RAR and ZIPs.

Get them at

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

[Dman91]

@soundbarrierpro - No the web hosting control panel.
@tommyturnage - in the file vbbot.php replace the current megaupload code with this.

[soundbarrierpro]

Originally Posted by Dman91

@soundbarrierpro - No the web hosting control panel.
@tommyturnage - in the file vbbot.php replace the current megaupload code with this.

? No idea. never been there. My whole site is vbulletin. Everything I need to do is through vb ACP.

[Dman91]

You will need to ask your host to enable cronjobs.

[skol]

Originally Posted by soundbarrierpro

? No idea. never been there. My whole site is vbulletin. Everything I need to do is through vb ACP.

Or try calling the bot manually as posted..I have a small board and works perfect for me..

Just had to select the forums for the bot..and not use the option for the whole site..

@dman i'm waiting for responce about the pm pretty sure it's down too me when testing..

[paketeto]

Does this bot works also with links in replies?

I made some tests, and it seems to only explore the links of the first post, ignoring links in replies.

If you create a topic without links, and then a reply with links, the bot dont see them.

Somebody noticed the same?

[tommyturnage]

That doesnt fix it

[furst]

Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 's Finest'' at line 1on query :SELECT `username` FROM `vb_user` WHERE `username` = 'Antwerp's Finest'

What can I do to fix this error?

[tommyturnage]

Now its deleting all the Megaupload links. Even if they aren't dead

[mitch84]

Originally Posted by furst

Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 's Finest'' at line 1on query :SELECT `username` FROM `vb_user` WHERE `username` = 'Antwerp's Finest'

What can I do to fix this error?

same for me

[Dman91]

@skol - What is the problem again?
@paketeto - It only checks first post of the topic.
@tommyturnage - Check PM.
@furst - You have found another bug, thanks I will post fix in a moment.
Bug Fix :
Replace

$qu5 = cc($qu5, "SELECT `username` FROM `".$prefix."user` WHERE `username` = '$uname'");

by

$qu5 = cc($qu5, "SELECT `username` FROM `".$prefix."user` WHERE `username` = '".mysql_real_escape_string($uname)."'");