Re: Using MyProfile from the command line?

On 7/9/12 4:48 PM, Olivier Berger wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> writes:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 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 :-)
>>
> +1
>
> I'll try and lobby Andrei (face to face) for him to think about
> implementing LD(B)P like REST in My-Profile as soon as I'm done
> packaging libAuthentication for Debian ;)
>
> Joke aside, I think that a social network's wall or similar features of
> My-Profile, is a typical illustration of posting into a collection, that
> fits very well the LDP use case.
>
> Best regards,

+1 back at you :-)

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