[Pidgin] #866: Fetch Yahoo contact details from server

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#866: Fetch Yahoo contact details from server
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  Reporter:  oblio         |       Owner:                             
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new                        
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                             
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0                        
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  yahoo contact details alias
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by johnmoody):

 You would think that Yahoo could pass firstname, lastname and nickname up
 as part of their standard YMSG packets, but no!  After you have all the
 currently used buddy information, a visit to
 http://address.yahoo.com/yab/..... is required to get the extras.  Info
 returned in format <ct fn="Ed" ln="Powell" nn="Boofhead" yi="realfakeid"
 id="77" cr="1097202286" mt="1097476020" pr="0" a="1" as="0"></ct>.
 Updates are done with a POST to the same site.

 Ayttm is old school Yahoo, but might have some clues in their Bison
 parsing.

 I will leave this one to the young guns  :)

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