bogcon/yahoo-messenger-api

A PHP client for Yahoo! Messenger API

yahoo-messenger-api v1.0.0

A PHP client for Yahoo! Messenger API

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Features

• login
• logout
• avatar retrieval
• groups with contacts list retrieval
• notifications retrieval (messages, buddy requests...)
• messages sending
• authorizing buddies
• checking yahoo session & keeping it alive

Installation

1. Using Composer, _(*2)

   Add the following to your composer.json file located in the root directory of your project., _(*3)

   {
       "require": {
           "bogcon/yahoo-messenger-api": "dev-master"
       }
   }
   

   Then you can run the Composer install/update command from the directory containing the composer.json file, _(*4)

   # download composer (skip the next command if you already have composer)
   $ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
   
   # install dependencies
   $ php composer.phar install
   $ php composer.phar update
   

2. Using GIT, _(*5)

   git clone https://github.com/bogcon/yahoo-messenger-api.git
   

3. Download the ZIP archive from here, _(*6)

Usage example

try {
    // initialize client
    $objYmClient = new \BogCon\YahooMessengerApi\Client('myYahooUsername', 'myYahooPass', 'app_key', 'app_secret');
    // send a message to a friend
    $objYmClient->logIn(\BogCon\YahooMessengerApi\Client::USER_IS_OFFLINE) // login as Invisible
        ->sendMessage('Hello...Just entered to remind you about our meeting from tomorrow. Bye, see ya.', 'myBuddyId')
        ->logOut();
    echo 'Successfully transmitted message to my friend.';
} catch (\BogCon\YahooMessengerApi\Exception $objEx) {
    echo 'Something went bad: ' . $objEx->getMessage();
}

A simplistic browser based Yahoo Messenger chat that uses this library can be found here., _(*7)

Yahoo API documentation

http://developer.yahoo.com/messenger/guide/ch02.html, _(*8)

License

yahoo-messenger-api is released under the New BSD License which is the 3-clause BSD license.
You can find a copy of this license in LICENSE.txt., _(*9)