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

[algert]

Does this work on 3.8.x??

[pierians]

After the bot checks some post this message appears:

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 'm the LC Bot.
Your topic has been moved to trash since the links in it we' at line 1on query :INSERT INTO `post` (`threadid` , `parentid` , `username` , `userid` , `dateline` , `pagetext`, `ipaddress` , `visible`) VALUES ('211' , '211' , 'LinkBot' , '3' , 1245658464 , 'Hey,I'm the LC Bot.
Your topic has been moved to trash since the links in it were dead.
Please check it out. If you intenet to upload it again please use the report button(when the upload is finished). If u suppose the I am wrong, don't PM me, but PM any of the staff members of the site.' , '127.0.0.1' , '1')

Does anybody know what's wrong?

[Kuimera]

Originally Posted by pierians

After the bot checks some post this message appears:


Does anybody know what's wrong?

Same thing here...

[alloutvb]

hello ok i have a little prob here is mover all my Megaupload.com post to the trash how can i stop this did they change something? please let me know thanks

[sdfaheem]

Originally Posted by sargatanas

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 '))' at line 1on query :SELECT `threadid` ,`firstpostid`, `forumid`, `replycount`, `title` FROM `thread` WHERE `time_check` = '0' AND `ignore_check` = '0' AND (`forumid` NOT IN ())

after i run the vbbot.php, please help'

I am also getting the same message and also the Link checker is not replying whether the link is dead or live even though i have created a separate user group for the bot and granted complete access to all the forums.

Could anyone please shed light on this issue???

[elenh]

For all the users who have installed this hack:

Disable the auto sending pm's.

They will work correct without that.
I think this hack is longer no supported... :S

[marshal_ramdev]

thanks

[MalakaiGonzalez]

It seams to work good for me, except for Megaupload & Mediafire links. It sends them to the trash when the links are alive...

Is there a way to remove them too file hosts from being checked (& moved).

[rmxs]

Hello how is possible to remove the message at every thread that display the scan Day?

deleting this helps?

Links checked on ' . date('d/m/y'). '';
$ppa = '<!--Botstart--><br /> Links checked on ' . date('d/m/y'). '<!--Botend-->';

[opl]

Ok i am reading all and dont find , so:

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 '))' at line 1on query :SELECT `threadid` ,`firstpostid`, `forumid`, `replycount`, `title` FROM `thread` WHERE `time_check` = '0' AND `ignore_check` = '0' AND (`forumid` NOT IN ())

help?