CenterIM Scripting

CenterIM is a scriptable instant-messaging client for the linux command line. Information about CenterIM you find here: http://www.centerim.org. How this application can be scripted you'll find on google (Exmaple to get you a feeling: [login to view URL] - but there are many more) I'm looking for two kinds of services to be scripted: - An instant-messaging echo service - An instant-messaging query service Protocols that those have to work with (centerim is capable of them): - ICQ - MSN - Yahoo They shall be started this way: - ./im_echo_service [login to view URL] [login to view URL] - ./im_query_service [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] The im_echo_service shall work this way: All messages coming in are answered just the way they came in. Afterwards the message "pong" shall be send. Example: Remote client sends: ping Echo service sends: ping Echo service sends: pong Another example: Remote client sends: test Echo service sends: test Echo service sends: pong [login to view URL] shall look this way: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <account> <id>SOME-DESCRIPTION</id> <protocol>ICQ</protocol> <username>ICQNUMBER</username> <password>ICQPASSWORD</password> <wait-for-reply>1</wait-for-reply> </account> Logfile shall log all incoming messages and their source: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS <ACCOUNT-ID> <SOURCE-USERNAME> <MESSAGE> That's it for this service. The other service is a bit more complex but not much. The [login to view URL] looks the same. The [login to view URL] looks like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <tests> <case> <id>SOME-UNIQUE-ID-STRING</id> <uid>REMOTE-USER-ID</uid> <message>some text</message> <reply>some text</message> <pong>true</true> </case> <case> <id>SOME-UNIQUE-ID-STRING-2</id> <uid>REMOTE-USER-ID</uid> <message>some text</message> <reply>some ***</message> <pong>true</true> </case> <case> <id>SOME-UNIQUE-ID-STRING-3</id> <uid>REMOTE-USER-ID</uid> <message>some text</message> <reply>false</message> <pong>true</true> </case> <case> <id>SOME-UNIQUE-ID-STRING-4</id> <uid>REMOTE-USER-ID</uid> <message>some text</message> <reply>false</message> <pong>false</true> </case> </tests> If you can't connect to the IM service this is a "CONNECT-ERROR". Then you don't have to do any more checks and just write in the config file: YYYY-MM-DD <ACCOUNT-ID> CONNECT ERROR. In the [login to view URL] you write ERROR. If it works, after connecting you send the messages in the test cases against the remote uid which is your counterpart chatpartner - the echo service. You check what is coming back from the echo service, compare it and write it in the logfile. YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS <ACCOUNT-ID> <CASE-ID> <REPLY> <REPLY-STATUS> <PONG-BOOL> <PONG-STATUS> To the fields: <ACCOUNT-ID> = id value from given [login to view URL] <CASE-ID> = id from the current case in [login to view URL] <REPLY> = reply you get from the echo service (!= pong), if you get none write FALSE. <REPLY-STATUS> = If message matches the reply (string comparision) or you get no reply and reply was set to false in config write OK, else ERROR. <PONG-BOOL> = TRUE if you got "pong" back, FALSE if not. <PONG-STATUS> = if pong was set to true or false in the case config write OK or ERROR accordingly upon match. Wait for the reply message or the pong for a certain amount of time. Take the time out of [login to view URL] : wait-for-reply. Value shall be in seconds. If you write one single ERROR - write ERROR to [login to view URL] at the end of the run. Otherwise it's OK. Please specify in your bid if you've already worked with centerim and if you have experience in scripting (bash/php/python) and in which language you want to code the check scripts. As in all our biddings: Since we're an incorporated german company we require a valid invoice for your work which either includes your local tax payer id or a vat code if you are a company. Thanks for reading :) Best regards, Sebastian