Sending IM API

[Ethan Blanton]

Steven Osborn spake unto us the following wisdom:
> I'm trying to plug Pidgin into a current project and I could use some  
> advice as to the best approach for solving this problem because I'm  
> sure it's been solved a dozen times before.
> 
> Basically I want to send an IM from any account I have setup in  
> Pidgin to a specified user from my external program.  How this  
> happens is not extremely important.  I've started writing a Perl  
> Plugin that takes tcp requests, but I really don't want to have to  
> implement a tcp server.  I was wondering if it would be possible  
> using gaim-send or something similar.  There may already be a plugin  
> out there that will allow me to do this, but if there is I haven't  
> been able to find it.

It sounds like you probably want to communicate with Pidgin over
D-bus, the same as purple-send does.  You should be able to look at
purple-send and purple-remote to get an idea for how this works; of
course, the actual D-bus interface glue may be different for your
target language.

Ethan

-- 
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws [that have no remedy
for evils].  They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor
determined to commit crimes.
		-- Cesare Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishments", 1764
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/attachments/20070427/ac1a59b1/attachment.sig>