Re: Using MyProfile from the command line?

On 7/7/12 10:43 AM, Andrei Sambra wrote:
> Hi Melvin,
>
> On 07/07/12 14:44, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>> Has anyone been able to make a wall post from the command line?  I 
>> tried the following unsuccessfully :
>>
>> echo "user=local&new=1&comment=curltest"  | curl -X POST -E 
>> e.pemhttps://my-profile.eu/wall.php
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> I don't think you'll be able to do that, since posting on the wall 
> requires the user to be authenticated through a session. Therefore, 
> your script would first have to authenticate (same link as the WebID 
> button) and save the session cookie, and only then post the message.
>
> Andrei
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Andrei,

We need to be able to use curl to perform CRUD operations against 
resources accessible to the Web. A wall is just another resource, when 
all is said and done :-)

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