POE::Component::YahooMessenger 0.05

POE::Component::YahooMessenger is a POE component for Yahoo! Messenger.

SYNOPSIS

use POE qw(Component::YahooMessenger);

# spawn YM session
POE::Component::YahooMessenger->spawn(Alias => ym);

# register your session for callbacks
$kernel->post(ym => register);

# tell YM how to connect
$kernel->post(ym => connect => {
id => your_id,
password => xxxxxxx,
});

# associate this callback with ym_goes_online
sub goes_online {
my $event = $_[ARG0];
printf "buddy %s goes onlinen", $event->buddy_id;
}

# send message
$kernel->post(ym => send_message => {
to => $buddy_id,
message => "Hello World",
});

# change your status
$kernel->post(ym => change_my_status => {
busy => 0, # 0 = not busy
message => "going for lunch now!",
});

# retrieve your buddies list
$kernel->post(ym => buddies => retrieve_buddies);
sub retrieve_buddies {
my $buddies = $_[ARG0];
for my $buddy_id (keys %$buddies) {
printf "%s (group: %s)n", $buddy_id, $buddies->{$buddy_id};
}
}

$poe_kernel->run();

POE::Component::YahooMessenger is a POE component to connect Yahoo! Messener. This module ripoffs a lot of code from Net::YahooMessenger for protocol implementations.

API is intentionally made similar to that of PoCo::IRC.