Here's a sort of proof of concept for an interesting URL usage; augment by snap-on, versus plugin.
This is a simple little utility that sends browser requests using PHP/cURL, and puts/fetches stuff from a mysql database, meant to provide a substitutional private messaging function for news.yc users who want PM functions.
"Login" with your news.yc account information. It will relay this information to news.yc and check the headers for pass/fail. Your password is discarded after the relay; if the test passes, it saves your username and uses that to post to mysql. The target user with the matching username will be able to check for "messages." You can reply, or delete messages. Messages older than a week are automatically deleted. The login source code is publicly viewable... for now, just in case you want to see when the password variable is discarded (lines 29 and 30). If there are huge problems, do tell.
Also, if you care to use this, the auto-refresh is done using a META refresh every 5 minutes. Type fast and short, I guess.
Again, this is just a rudimentary tool which I hope some people will find useful (and msg me if you want) until pg decides to add PM functions (or demands a takedown) :-)
This is a simple little utility that sends browser requests using PHP/cURL, and puts/fetches stuff from a mysql database, meant to provide a substitutional private messaging function for news.yc users who want PM functions.
"Login" with your news.yc account information. It will relay this information to news.yc and check the headers for pass/fail. Your password is discarded after the relay; if the test passes, it saves your username and uses that to post to mysql. The target user with the matching username will be able to check for "messages." You can reply, or delete messages. Messages older than a week are automatically deleted. The login source code is publicly viewable... for now, just in case you want to see when the password variable is discarded (lines 29 and 30). If there are huge problems, do tell.
Also, if you care to use this, the auto-refresh is done using a META refresh every 5 minutes. Type fast and short, I guess.
Again, this is just a rudimentary tool which I hope some people will find useful (and msg me if you want) until pg decides to add PM functions (or demands a takedown) :-)