Sid Sidberry Reads

I just came across another span trick. instead of using google pages their using googles search filtering and the i feel lucky feature

example:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl:elsid+access&btnI=I=Im+Feeling+Lucky

points to the myspace access class page
or

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=last+fm+inurl:poetics5&btnI=I=Im+Feeling+Lucky
will point to my last fm profile.

most filters let this message through, and google doesn’t catch it

so filter on inurl: and the im feeling lucky part of the url. if both match message is blocked

hope that helps

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN, CEASED, SHOT, STABBED, ETC

Why?

I’m shutting down this project due to spam concerns, lack of time, and because it can be done a lot better.

Next Steps

http://myspaceapi.info It’s not live, and i have no idea when i’ll start or finish it, but i’m aiming for an end of the year launch. I’ve realized a lot of flaws in both the execution and direction of this project, and will release a web based service / api that i hope better meets the actual needs of users vs a class of functions i toss together as time permits i hope to release a full fledged api for myspace. a big thanx to Design Is Fuel. They’ve pointed me into a much better direction and i think everyone will be happy with the results.

the class as it stands is open source – basically that means everything you can download from this page is yours and the web’s.

To everyone that contributed : Don’t worry i’m axing the entire class and working from the ground up. but please send me your info if it’s not listed so i can add it. once the api gets up i’ll release a developers resource.

—–here’s the old page

This version is released as is.

After trying to play catch up with myspace i’ve chosen to rewrite the entire class. this should hopefully allow for a better application. this version was released on june 18, 2007, and is the last version to be released before the rewrite.

You’ll notice this version includes what is the start of documentation. from this date forward i’ll include the entire documentation site as part of the zip.

Project Page

This will be the permanent page for this project from now on.
http://elsid.net/myspace-access-class/

What is the MySpace Access Class?
The access class is a php4/php5 class to allow anyone to access myspace remotely. It is not a proxy service.

Requirements?
php4/php5, curl

Demo / Documentation : http://myspacedemo.elsid.net

File : http://myspacedemo.elsid.net/accessClass.zip

Features

• blog posting
• comment posting
• friendslist navigation
• myspace navigation
• music player extraction
• functions to pull data from user page
• error support (includes php errors)
• friend adding
• settings for debugging mode, error displaying and recovery
• logs out of myspace at close
• functions for collecting hashes, hidden fields, etc.
• url tokens are automatically extracted / included
• captha functions (needs testing)
• bulletin posting

Who makes this?

Primary Developer :
Myself – Greg Sidberry – poetics5 [ at ] yahoo.com

Contributers :
Brad Turcotte – brad [at] bradsucks.net
initial development, feedback, getMyspaceFriends()

FB ( still no idea what his name is) – thegreatfb [ at ] gmail.com
extractText(), extractMyspacePlayer()

Contributing

I love it when other people make functions, keeps me from having to. If your trying to write a function and it doesn’t work – contact me.

Please send any code as a php file. I try to fix any broken functions that are sent to me, and include or update all functions sent to me.

Common Questions

is this an extension? no this is a php4 class. It will work with wordpress, drupal, pretty much anything running php.

whats new? friend requests, bulletin posting

do you plan on ever fixing your site? one day

Do you offer support? yeap, actually about 4 of the functions in the class come from people trying to make new functions and contacting me for help.

i’m adding a function, do i need to let you know? yeap, send it over so i can add it.

why are you so damn sexy? genetics

will you always offer support? yeap, as long as there is a page there is support

umm i’d like to hire you. yippie money, you can contact me directly at poetics5 [ at ] yahoo.com, or contact the guys that feed me http://designisfuel.com

why are you writing a class you don’t even use? i like to help my friends, and by friends i mean people i don’t know.

i’d like to give you money! yippie paypal : greg [ at ] sidneyblack.net

umm i can’t make this work? see the support question, i’d say rtfm – but there isn’t one.

Licensing, usage, and restrictions

If you use this in a commercial project – please make a donation.
If you add a function – Send it to me.
Do Not Use This Class To Spam!!!!

Other than that I love linkage love, comments, and suggestions…

This Class is provided as is, and is in a constant state of development. all versions are released as alpha.

Future Tasks

I’d like to put together proper documentation for this project, svn access, and trac.

Development

If you’d like to contribute, or would like to help with the development process please contact me.

at the moment this project has an ActiveCollab area setup for potential developers.

For those on wordpress or wondering what to do when the access class becomes fully obsolete :
http://noumenon.roderickrussell.com/wordpress-to-myspace-crossposter-update

roderick russell used the class to make a cross posting wordpress plugin, so now worries, you can use that till myspaceapi.info launches

My schedule is pretty hectic right now, so no eta on this. I’m porting the access class into an api which will be available at : myspaceapi.info. This will allow use of the class via pseudo webservices

Stay tuned, more coming soon when the shedule frees up

The Myspace Access Class has been updated, it is still in .alpha Ver. JJ

Please review the features list for new features.

Also if interested in having automation functions included in the Myspace Access Class please review the following message and leave a comment.
http://elsid.net/2007/05/26/myspace-class-automation-functions/
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I’m no longer keeping version numbers, because basically you wanta get the latest version. Once the class reaches a stable / complete version i’ll begin with version numbers again. Until then every release will be version jj, in dedication to the most amazing woman i know:),
and should be considered alpha . If you’d like to know when a new version is out – subscribe.

Project Page

This will be the permanent page for this project from now on.
http://elsid.net/myspace-access-class/

What is the MySpace Access Class?
The access class is a php4 class to allow anyone to access myspace remotely. It is not a proxy service.

Requirements?
php4 (havn’t tested with php5), curl

Demo : http://myspacedemo.elsid.net

File : http://elsid.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/myspace.class.ver.2.txt

Features

• php errors redirected to class error handling
• documentation started
• samples and examples including
• captha detection
• blog posting
• comment posting
• friendslist navigation
• myspace navigation
• music player extraction
• functions to pull data from user page
• error support
• friend adding
• settings for debugging mode, error displaying and recovery
• logs out of myspace at close
• functions for collecting hashes, hidden fields, etc.
• url tokens are automatically extracted / included
• bulletin posting

Who makes this?

Primary Developer :
Myself – Greg Sidberry – poetics5 [ at ] yahoo.com

Contributers :
Brad Turcotte – brad [at] bradsucks.net
initial development, feedback, getMyspaceFriends()

FB ( still no idea what his name is) – thegreatfb [ at ] gmail.com
extractText(), extractMyspacePlayer()

Contributing

I love it when other people make functions, keeps me from having to. If your trying to write a function and it doesn’t work – contact me.

Please send any code as a php file. I try to fix any broken functions that are sent to me, and include or update all functions sent to me.

Common Questions

is this an extension? no this is a php4 class. It will work with wordpress, drupal, pretty much anything running php.

whats new? friend requests, bullentin posting

do you plan on ever fixing your site? one day

Do you offer support? yeap, actually about 4 of the functions in the class come from people trying to make new functions and contacting me for help.

i’m adding a function, do i need to let you know? yeap, send it over so i can add it.

why are you so damn sexy? genetics

will you always offer support? yeap, as long as there is a page there is support

umm i’d like to hire you. yippie money, you can contact me directly at poetics5 [ at ] yahoo.com, or contact the guys that feed me http://designisfuel.com

why are you writing a class you don’t even use? i like to help my friends, and by friends i mean people i don’t know.

i’d like to give you money! yippie paypal greg [ at ] sidneyblack.net

umm i can’t make this work? see the support question, i’d say rtfm – but there isn’t one.

Licensing, usage, and restrictions

If you use this in a commercial project – please make a donation.
If you add a function – Send it to me.
Do Not Use This Class To Spam!!!!

Other than that I love linkage love, comments, and suggestions…

This Class is provided as is, and is in a constant state of development. all versions are released as alpha.

Future Tasks

I’d like to put together proper documentation for this project, svn access, and trac.

Development

If you’d like to contribute, or would like to help with the development process please contact me.

at the moment this project has an ActiveCollab area setup for potential developers.

The myspace access class is now php5 compatible. thanx to Robert Jenkins for the feedback, upcoming functions, and php5 fix.

After much delay i’m releasing an updated version of the Access Class. This version is released as is.

After trying to play catch up with myspace i’ve chosen to rewrite the entire class. this should hopefully allow for a better application. this version was released on june 18, 2007, and is the last version to be released before the rewrite.

You’ll notice this version includes what is the start of documentation. from this date forward i’ll include the entire documentation site as part of the zip.

Project Page

This will be the permanent page for this project from now on.
http://elsid.net/myspace-access-class/

What is the MySpace Access Class?
The access class is a php4 class to allow anyone to access myspace remotely. It is not a proxy service.

Requirements?
php4 (haven’t tested with php5), curl

Demo / Documentation : http://myspacedemo.elsid.net

File : http://myspacedemo.elsid.net/accessClass.zip

Features

* blog posting
* comment posting
* friendslist navigation
* myspace navigation
* music player extraction
* functions to pull data from user page
* error support (includes php errors)
* friend adding
* settings for debugging mode, error displaying and recovery
* logs out of myspace at close
* functions for collecting hashes, hidden fields, etc.
* url tokens are automatically extracted / included
* captha functions (needs testing)
* bulletin posting

please email and let me know which function in the access class have stopped working. myspace has done a few updates and i need to know which nes need changes – thanx, sid

sorry to keep doing this to everyone. I hope to have the new version out before i hit the road again (july 1st).

don’t believe in excuses, so i’ll just ask for patience. i’ll try to make some time this week to put i the 10-20 hours of work remaining.

again many thanks to everyone for telling me what you want, and assisting.

Sorry to say the next release of the MySpace Access Class has been delayed, but for good reason, there have been alot of feature and documentation requests. so i’m working on putting together a demo site that proves both demos and documentation. as well as trying to comlete a few last minute features.

for those wondering. as of last night i have a captha bypass function. not a full bypass. it detects if captha has been reached and will display if so, and will post that back to the proper page when done. it’s down and dirty, and i’ve only tested it with a copy of the captha page (i seriously never hit capthas at myspace – no clue why).

that said i’m also including the search function as is, does it work? yes. does it timeout while navigating? yeap, to work around this i’m adding a limit until i get around to cleaning it up. for now it works but i’d say leave the limit alone until i fix it.

whats the next major change? I’ve been toying with putting a backend to this thing, Mysql of course. but i won’t make everyone wait till thats done.

that said it’ll be a few more days, but i think it’s worth it.

as always send in broken functions, helps me make the working ones that you want

Enjoy , sid