POE::Component::OSCAR - A POE Component for the Net::OSCAR module

use POE qw(Component::OSCAR);

[ ... POE set up ... ]

sub _start { # start an OSCAR session $oscar = POE::Component::OSCAR->new();

    # start an OSCAR session with automatic throttling of new connections
	# to prevent being banned by the server
    $oscar = POE::Component::OSCAR->new( throttle => 4 );

    # set up the "im_in" callback to call your state, "im_in_state"
    $oscar->set_callback( im_in => 'im_in_state');

	# it's good to detect errors if you don't want to get banned
	$oscar->set_callback( error => 'error_state' );
	$oscar->set_callback( admin_error => 'admin_erro_stater' );
	$oscar->set_callback( rate_alert => 'rate_alert_state' );

    # sign on
    $oscar->signon( screenname => $MY_SCREENNAME, password => $MY_PASSWORD );
}

sub im_in_state { my ($nothing, $args) = @_[ARG0..$#_]; my ($object, $who, $what, $away) = @$args;

    print "Got '$what' from $who\n";
}

This modules requires Net::OSCAR, POE, and Time::HiRes.

This module is a wrapper around the Net::OSCAR module that allows it to be used from POE applications.

The wrapper is very thin, so most of the useful documentation can be found in the Net::OSCAR module.

Create a new connection with

    $oscar = POE::Component::OSCAR->new();

Though it has an object interface to make coding simpler, this actually spawns a POE session. The arguments to the object are passed directly to the Net::OSCAR module, with the exception of 'throttle'. If passed in, the 'throttle' argument will indicate the minimum amount of time the module will wait between sending messages. This is useful, since bots that send lots of messages quickly will get banned.

All other method calls on the object are passed directly to the Net::OSCAR module. For instance, to set the debug logging level, use

      $oscar->loglevel( 5 );

The only relevant POE::Component::OSCAR method is 'set_callback' which can be used to post events to your own session via Net::OSCAR's callbacks.

For instance, to be notified of an incoming message, use

      $oscar->set_callback( im_in => 'im_in_state' );

where 'im_in' is a Net::OSCAR callback (see the Net::OSCAR documentation and the oscartest script for all the callbacks) and 'im_in_state' is a state in your POE session.

The examples directory included with this package.

The Net::OSCAR documentation.

The oscartest script, which comes with Net::OSCAR

Dan McCormick, <dan@codeop.com>

Copyright 2006 by Dan McCormick

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.