Sending a buddy request in ICQ fails when using libpurple

[Mark Doliner]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:29 PM,
michaelcbrook at msn.com<michaelcbrook at msn.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 10:52 -0700, Mark Doliner wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:22 AM,
>> michaelcbrook at msn.com<michaelcbrook at msn.com> wrote:
>> > Ok, since there's been no replies, I'll elaborate a little...
>> >
>> > I made a program using libpurple, and one of its features is the ability
>> > to send buddy requests to certain users in a database.  It runs strictly
>> > on the command line.  (And no..it is not a spam bot or any stupid thing
>> > like that).
>> >
>> > Now for the problem: Whenever I send a buddy request from my program to
>> > another ICQ account, the buddy request is never received on the other
>> > side.  In my program, I send the buddy request by calling
>> > purple_account_add_buddy().  Also as another note, when I close my
>> > program (signing the ICQ account off) and run it again, the buddy I just
>> > tried to add disappears, so it's not staying on the server-side buddy
>> > list.
>> >
>> > Since pidgin can add ICQ buddies successfully but my program can't (for
>> > some reason??), I tested out the difference between the debug logs when
>> > adding a buddy in pidgin and adding a buddy in my program (the buddy is
>> > logged in on a standard Windows ICQ client):
>> >
>> > *Adding buddy in libpurple with purple_account_add_buddy():
>> >
>> > (05:54:07) oscar: ssi: adding buddy 401787217 to group Buddies
>> > (05:54:07) oscar: Requesting ICQ alias for 401787217
>> > (05:54:07) oscar: rate change (param ID 0x0001): curavg = 4668, maxavg =
>> > 6000, alert at 2000, clear warning at 2500, limit at 1500, disconnect at
>> > 800 (window size = 80)
>> > (05:54:07) oscar: ssi: status is 0x000e for a 0x0008 action with name no
>> > item
>> > (05:54:07) oscar: icq response: 60 bytes, 579746952, 0x07da, 0x0028
>> > (05:54:07) oscar: ssi: status is 0x0000 for a 0x0009 action with name
>> > Buddies
>> > (05:54:09) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /dev/null
>> > (05:54:09) util: Error creating directory /dev/null: File exists
>> > (05:54:12) util: Writing file blist.xml to directory /dev/null
>> > (05:54:12) util: Error creating directory /dev/null: File exists
>> >
>> > The buddy request was never received on the other end...
>> >
>> > I know the natural assumption is "your program is broken" but I can
>> > confirm that it works with 3 out of 4 protocols...It works with AIM,
>> > Yahoo, and MSN, but fails with ICQ, and it still fails even in the
>> > simplest program.  I am really stumped and would greatly appreciate any
>> > help...this problem is delaying the launch of a website I'm creating.
>>
>> In Pidgin isn't there a dialog that asks the user if they want to
>> request authorization from the buddy, and allows the user to enter a
>> little message?  Does your UI handle that?  I think you would need to
>> implement the request_input callback in the request API.
>>
>> -Mark
>>
> Is it possible to use purple_request_input without a GUI?  If it is, I
> don't quite know how the callback functions would be called...

Yes it's possible.  Your uiop function can call the appropriate
callback to respond to the request.

-Mark