package Net::Raccdoc; $VERSION = "1.3"; require IO::Socket::INET; use strict; use warnings; use Carp; sub new { my ( $class, %arg ) = @_; my $host = $arg{host} || "bbs.iscabbs.com"; my $port = $arg{port} || "6145"; my $login = $arg{login}; my $password = $arg{password}; my $loggedin = 0; my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerAddr => $host, PeerPort => $port, Proto => "tcp", Type => IO::Socket::INET::SOCK_STREAM() ) or return; my $welcome = <$socket>; if ( $welcome !~ /^2/ ) { $@ = "Server connection failed with response $welcome"; return; } if ( $login && $password ) { print $socket "LOGIN $login\t$password\n"; my $answer = <$socket>; if ( $answer =~ /^2/ ) { $loggedin = 1; } else { $@ = "LOGIN command failed with response $answer"; return; } } bless { _host => $host, _port => $port, _socket => $socket, _loggedin => $loggedin, }, $class; } sub forums { my $self = shift; my $type = shift || "all"; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; my %forums = (); print $socket "LIST $type\n"; my $status = <$socket>; if ( $status =~ /^3/ ) { while ( my $line = <$socket> ) { chomp($line); last if ( $line =~ /^\.$/ ); my @tuples = split( /\t/, $line ); my %topichash; foreach my $pair (@tuples) { my ( $key, $value ) = split( /:/, $pair ); $topichash{$key} = $value; } my $topicid = $topichash{topic}; $forums{$topicid} = \%topichash; } return %forums; } else { $@ = "Topic listing failed with response $status"; return; } } sub jump { my $self = shift; my $forum = $_[0]; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; print $socket "TOPIC $forum\n"; my $response = <$socket>; if ( $response =~ /^2/ ) { my $forumdata = {}; $response =~ s/^.*?\t//; my @tuples = split( /\t/, $response ); foreach my $pair (@tuples) { my ( $key, $value ) = split( /:/, $pair ); if ( $key eq "admin" ) { my ( $id, $name, $hidden ) = split( /\//, $value ); $value = $name; } $forumdata->{$key} = $value; } $self->{_forum} = $forumdata->{topic}; $self->{_lastnote} = $forumdata->{lastnote}; $self->{_firstnote} = $forumdata->{firstnote}; return $forumdata; } else { $@ = "Jump to forum $forum died with error $response"; return; } } sub get_first_unread { my $self = shift; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; print $socket "SHOW rcval\n"; chomp( my $response = <$socket> ); if ( $response =~ /^2.*?\t(\d+)$/ ) { return $1; } else { $@ = "SHOW rcval failed with response $response"; return; } } sub read { my ( $self, %options ) = @_; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; my $message = $options{message} || $self->get_first_unread; unless ($message) { my @noteids = $self->get_forum_noteids; $message = $noteids[0]; } my $dammit = $options{dammit} || 0; if ( $message > $self->{_lastnote} ) { return; } else { my $nextmessage = $message + 1; if ($dammit) { print $socket "READ $message DAMMIT\n"; } else { print $socket "READ $message\n"; } chomp( my $response = <$socket> ); if ( $response =~ /^3/ ) { my %message; while (1) { # Get header info until we hit a blank line chomp( my $headerline = <$socket> ); last if ( $headerline =~ /^$/ ); my ( $key, $value ) = split( /:\s+/, $headerline ); $key = lc($key); $key = "author" if ( $key eq "from" ); next if ( $key eq "formal-name" ); $message{$key} = $value; } my @lines; while ( chomp( $response = <$socket> ) ) { last if ( $response =~ /^\.$/ ); push( @lines, $response ); } my $body = join( "\n", @lines ); $message{body} = $body; return \%message; } else { $@ = "Read of $message failed with response $response"; return; } } } sub get_forum_noteids { my @noteids; my $self = shift; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; unless ( defined $self->{_forum} ) { $@ = "Forum not defined"; return; } print $socket "XHDR\n"; my $result = <$socket>; if ( $result =~ /^3/ ) { while ( my $noteinfo = <$socket> ) { last if ( $noteinfo =~ /^\./ ); push( @noteids, $1 ) if ( $noteinfo =~ /^noteno:(\d+)/ ); } return @noteids; } else { $@ = "XHDR failed with response $result"; return; } } sub get_forum_headers { my %xhdr; my $self = shift; my $range = shift || ""; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; return unless defined $self->{_forum}; print $socket "XHDR ALL $range\n"; my $result = <$socket>; if ( $result =~ /^3/ ) { while ( my $noteinfo = <$socket> ) { last if ( $noteinfo =~ /^\./ ); my $notenum; my %tmphash; chomp($noteinfo); my @tuples = split( /\t/, $noteinfo ); foreach my $tuple (@tuples) { my $key; my $value; if ( $tuple =~ /^(.*?):(.*)$/ ) { $key = $1; $value = $2; } else { next; } if ( $key eq "noteno" ) { $notenum = $value; } elsif ( $key eq "formal-author" ) { my ( undef, $author, undef ) = split( /\//, $value ); $tmphash{author} = $author; } else { $tmphash{$key} = $value; } } $xhdr{$notenum} = \%tmphash; } return %xhdr; } else { $@ = "XHDR ALL failed with response $result"; return; } } sub post { my $self = shift; my $message = shift or return; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; return unless defined $self->{_forum}; print $socket "POST\n"; chomp( my $post_resp = <$socket> ); if ( $post_resp !~ /^3/ ) { $@ = "POST command failed with response $post_resp"; return; } print $socket "$message\n"; print $socket ".\n"; chomp( my $data_resp = <$socket> ); if ( $data_resp =~ /^2/ ) { $data_resp =~ / .*?(\d+)/; return $1; } else { $@ = "POST data failed with response $data_resp"; return; } } sub delete { my $self = shift; my $postid = shift or return; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; return unless defined $self->{_forum}; print $socket "DELETE NOTE $postid\n"; chomp( my $delete_resp = <$socket> ); if ( $delete_resp =~ /^2/ ) { return 1; } else { $@ = "Deletion of note $postid failed with response $delete_resp"; return; } } sub set_first_unread { my $self = shift; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; my $messageid = shift or return; if ( ( $messageid >= $self->{_firstnote} ) && ( $messageid <= ( $self->{_lastnote} + 1 ) ) ) { print $socket "SETRC $messageid\n"; my $response = <$socket>; if ( $response =~ /^2/ ) { return 1; } else { $@ = "SETRC returned bad status: $response"; return; } } else { return; } } sub forums_with_unread { my $self = shift; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; my %unread; if ( !$self->{_loggedin} ) { return; } my %forums = $self->forums("todo"); foreach my $key ( sort keys %forums ) { my $unread_count = $forums{$key}->{todo}; $unread{$key} = { unread => $unread_count, name => $forums{$key}->{name}, firstnote => $forums{$key}->{firstnote}, lastnote => $forums{$key}->{lastnote} }; } return (%unread); } sub get_fi { my $self = shift; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; print $socket "SHOW info\n"; my $result = <$socket>; if ( $result =~ /^3/ ) { chomp( my $fromline = <$socket> ); my $author = $1 if ( $fromline =~ /From: (.*)/ ); chomp( my $dateline = <$socket> ); my $date = $1 if ( $dateline =~ /Date: (.*)/ ); my $blankline = <$socket>; my @lines; while ( chomp( my $line = <$socket> ) ) { last if ( $line =~ /^\.$/ ); push( @lines, $line ); } my $body = join( "\n", @lines ); my $fi = { fi_author => $author, last_updated => $date, body => $body }; return $fi; } else { $@ = "SHOW INFO failed with response $result"; return; } } sub can_post { my $self = shift; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; return unless defined $self->{_forum}; print $socket "OKAY POST\n"; chomp( my $result = <$socket> ); if ( $result =~ /^2/ ) { return 1; } else { $@ = "OKAY POST failed with the following response: $result"; return; } } sub xmsg_add { my $self = shift; my $socket = $self->{_socket}; } sub logout { my $socket = $_[0]->{_socket}; print $socket "QUIT\n"; $socket->close() or return; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Net::Raccdoc - Perl interface to the Raccdoc system =head1 SYNOPSIS use Net::Raccdoc; # Create a new BBS object by logging in with your account # If you leave off the login and password, you'll log in with # unauthenticated rights, NOT as the user "Guest". my $bbs = new Net::Raccdoc(login=>"Bugcrusher", password=>"mypass"); # Show the forums that you are a member of. The hash key is the # forum number. Doesn't work for unauthenticated users. my %forums = $bbs->forums("joined"); # Get the information for all joined forums with unread messages in a hash, # with the forum id number as the key. my %unread = $bbs->forums_with_unread; foreach my $forum (sort keys %unread) { print "There are $unread{$forum}->{unread} unread messages in $unread{$forum}->{name}\n"; } # Make the Unix forum your active one. You can jump by number or by # name. my $forum = $bbs->jump("Unix") or die "Couldn't join forum!\n"; print "Joined Forum $forum->{name}, adminned by $forum->{admin}\n"; # Get the forum information for your active forum my $fi = $bbs->get_fi; print "Forum Info author is $fi->{fi_author}\n"; print "\n$fi->{body}\n\n"; # Read all new messages in the current forum while (my $message = $bbs->read) { print "\n\nNEW MESSAGE\n"; print "From: $message->{author}\n"; print "Date: $message->{date}\n"; print "$message->{body}\n"; } # Post a message to Babble $bbs->jump(3); if ($bbs->can_post) { $bbs->post("I have something very insightful to say") or die; } else { print "You don't have permission to post here\n"; } # Log out $bbs->logout; =head1 DESCRIPTION Established in 1989, ISCABBS has provided a virtual community for students of the University of Iowa and the Internet in general. Today ISCABBS is the world's largest free bulletin board system on the Internet, with over 5,000 active members. We have a validation structure to help prevent harassment while allowing for anonymity, a team of System Operators who help to maintain a near round the clock watch on activities, and nearly 200 discussion forums which cover a wide variety of topics, from the intensely technical to the sublimely silly. The base code for ISCABBS is D.O.C. (Daves' Own Citadel), a telnet-based BBS code derived originally from Citadel. The D.O.C. code was written primarily by Dr. David Lacey, then a student at the University of Iowa. In 2001 the code for D.O.C. was released under the GNU General Public License. Several variants have already been developed from this base code. ISCABBS offers Intra-BBS electronic mail and real-time instant messages between users and a variety of forums covering many areas of academic and social discussion, as well as general discussion forums. ISCABBS was formerly owned and maintained by the Iowa Student Computer Association at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. In 2007, ownership of the code and the BBS transferred to a nonprofit corporation composed of BBS users. A developer's interface to ISCABBS (raccdoc) was opened in September 2004. This module allows Perl coders to access that interface. Most methods below return undef on failure and set $@, except when they don't. =head1 METHODS =over 4 =item $bbs = new Net::Raccdoc(host=>"bbs.iscabbs.com", port=>"6145", login=>"Bugcrusher", password=>"mypass"); This creates a new BBS object with the supplied parameters. All are optional - if you leave off the host and port, the defaults shown above will be used. If you do not supply the username and the password, you will gain access as an unauthenticated user (NOT the "Guest" account). That will disable a couple of methods involving joined forums, though, since you have to be authenticated to join some forums. Returns the object on success, returns undef and sets $@ on failure. =item %forums = $bbs->forums(TYPE); Returns a hash of information about forums, specified by TYPE. If you omit the TYPE, you will get information about all forums that you can see. The TYPE can be: all, private, public, todo, recent, joined. "joined" will probably be the most useful of the bunch. "todo" shows you forums with unread messages, but that is exposed via the $bbs->forums_with_unread method, so you'll probably want to use that instead of $bbs->forums("todo"); The hash returned is keyed by forum number, which itself is a hash reference containing the following information. $forums{$i}->{name} - The ASCII forum name. $forums{$i}->{lastnote} - The number of the last message posted in the forum. $forums{$i}->{flags} - The permission flags for the forum. =item my $forum = $bbs->jump("Late"); Switches your active forum to the one specified. You can either jump based on forum number, or by the name of the forum (first match wins). Only one forum can be active at a time per connection. Returns a hash reference that contains some or all the following keys: $forum->{topic} - The forum number $forum->{name} - The ASCII name of the forum $forum->{lastnote} - The numeric message ID of the newest message in the forum. $forum->{firstnote} - The numeric message ID of the oldest message in the forum. $forum->{admin} - The ISCA username of the forum moderator. =item my $result = $bbs->can_post; Tests to see whether the current user is able to write in the current forum. Returns true if the user can write, undef if they cannot. This is a useful method if you want to provide different interfaces depending on whether or not the forum is writable. =item my $postid = $bbs->post($message); Posts the text in $message to your current forum. Returns the post ID on success, undef on failure. For obvious reasons, this method will probably fail if you are not logged into the BBS, as no forums allow guest posting. =item my @noteids = $bbs->get_forum_noteids; Performs an "XHDR" in your current forum, and returns an array of all post numbers in the forum. This is a less intensive operation than the "XHDR ALL" performed by get_forum_headers, so it should be used when you don't need the full post information. =item my %headers = $bbs->get_forum_headers($rangestring); Performs an "XHDR ALL" and returns a hash, where the keys are the post numbers and the value is a hash reference containing the following information: $headers{$postnum}->{author} - The username of the author $headers{$postnum}->{date} - The posting date $headers{$postnum}->{subject} - A simple subject for the post, taken from the first few words. The optional $rangestring gives the range of posts to get information about. It can be a single post ID ("31773") or a max-min range ("31770-31779"). If the $rangestring exists, only headers for the requested posts will be returned. Otherwise, all posts in a forum will be returned. =item my %unread = $bbs->forums_with_unread; Returns a hash, where the keys are the forum numbers and the value is a hash reference containing the following information: $unread{$forum_number}->{name} - The ASCII name of the forum $unread{$forum_number}->{unread} - The count of unread messages in that forum. $unread{$forum_number}->{firstnote} - The numeric message ID of the oldest message in the forum. $unread{$forum_number}->{lastnote} - The numeric message ID of the newest message in the forum. This method does not work if you are unauthenticated. =item my $fi = $bbs->get_fi; Returns a hash reference of the forum information for the active forum. $fi->{fi_author} - The author of the forum information for the active forum $fi->{last_updated} - The date that the forum information was modified $fi->{body} - The text of the forum information =item $first = $bbs->get_first_unread; Gets the numeric message ID of the first message in your currently active forum that you have not read. Returns the message ID on success. =item my $message = $bbs->read(message => $message_number, dammit => 1); Returns a hashref containing the message in your currently active forum. Arguments are a hash - if you provide the "message" argument, you will start reading from there. Otherwise, your first unread message is used. If the "dammit" option is true, and you have the proper forum permissions (FM or Sysop), you can get the author of an anonymous post. The hashref contains the following fields: $message->{author} - The author of the post. $message->{date} - The date the post was made. $message->{body} - The body of the post. The $bbs->read method (as of 1.1) does NOT increment your "last read" counter, so you will need to call ->set_first_unread($postid) when you are done reading. while (my $message = $bbs->read) { print "From: $message->{author}\n"; print "Date: $message->{date}\n"; print "$message->{body}\n"; } $bbs->set_first_unread($last_postid); =item $bbs->set_first_unread($messageid); Sets the flag for your first unread message to the number specified in $messageid. Returns failure if the specified number is outside of the bounds of the first and last messages currently in the forum, success otherwise. =item $bbs->delete($postid); Deletes the post in your current forum specified by $postid. Returns true on success. Obviously, you must have permission to delete said post. =item $bbs->logout; Sends a QUIT to the BBS and closes the TCP socket =back =head1 BUGS X-Message support is not enabled. Mail> sending support is not enabled, though that is due to a limitation in Raccdoc itself. =head1 SEE ALSO ISCABBS Website: L Raccdoc development wiki: L Telnet to bbs.iscabbs.com to participate in ISCABBS. For more information on the raccdoc interface, post in the The Future Of ISCA BBS> forum on ISCA. =head1 AUTHOR H. Wade Minter, Eminter@lunenburg.orgE L =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2004-2008 by H. Wade Minter This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut