LiveJournal Development

How to get the userpic in an entry of a friend?

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:02:28 GMT

Hi,

I use http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/data/rss to get the recent entries of a friend. But there is no Userpic information in the response though some entries have the Userpic with it. Please help me, is it available to get friends entries with Userpic used in it?

Oh Where to Begin?

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:52:19 GMT

Hey there everyone. Please forgive me if this is the wrong section, I am new. lol

I have been developing wordpress websites/blogs quite successfully for the past two years or so and had a bit of a background in hand coding before that, I am not however, a "pro" web designer by any means. This is more of a hobby than anything (currently work for an mrp software manufacturer/provider by day, still in the tech industry though) :)

I have had a number of potential clients request for me to develop them a website on the LJ platform and truth be told, I really know very little about LJ.

I feel that I am just leaving money on the table by sending these prospects away. I think more than anything, I am really just hoping that someone might get me pointed in the right direction here, maybe a few great tutorials, developers sheet, anything at this point. I would really like to start at the bottom and go from there. One problem I have found, is that when you get used to working with WP's structure and templating system, you seem to become quite used to it, and find it difficult to work in other environments.

- Keith

MobiTile 0.3.0 is just published.

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:42:47 GMT

MobiTile 0.3.0 is just published at http://mobitile.com . MobiTile - FREE mobile client for Facebook, Twitter and LiveJournal now.

Malformed date

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:34:32 GMT

I'm gettting the "Malformed date" error as well when I try to upload photos to LJ Scrapbook using photoup.pl:

Getting challenge... Checking for existing files... To upload: 45 from data, 0 from receipt Uploading from data: CIMG0036.jpg Adding to gallery: 2009-06-DC-Pride >>> ERROR: [Error 211] Invalid argument: Malformed date: >>> (will try again in 5 seconds) Uploading from data: CIMG0036.jpg Getting challenge... Adding to gallery: 2009-06-DC-Pride >>> ERROR: [Error 211] Invalid argument: Malformed date: >>> (will try again in 5 seconds)

Apache 500 internal error

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:33:03 GMT

Hello,

I used to run a sever with the livejournal source code. I had my share of problems getting it working on slackware back then. I am now using Ubuntu, and finally got apache and mod_perl compiled under Ubuntu. So now I am starting from scratch again.

I have tried fresh installs of the lj files a couple of times. Apache starts but returns an internal apache 500 error code page for all requests. error_log shows:
[error] Can't call method "notes" on an undefined value at /ljsite/cgi-bin/Apache/BML.pm line 1968.\n

The DBCHECK script also returns Bogus DB: at bin/dbcheck.pl line 117. which makes me think there is a problem wiht the db connection, may be hanging the rest of it up. It isnt giving the LJ Internal DB connection problem page however. So I think it has to do with, not having BML setup? or something else.

I am using the instructions at www.livejournal.com/doc/server
Are there any updated installation docs?

Any suggestions are appreciated, trying to get back into it.

Thanks!

Trying to backup Scrapbook under MacOS X

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:28:11 GMT

I'm trying to backup my LJ Scrapbook using fotoup.pl. When I run it I get the following error:

$ ./fotoup.pl --backup To upload: 0 from data, 0 from receipt Fetching export.xml from server... Couldn't fetch export XML file from server

I found online the krellis.org version of fotoup.pl that's 'pose to fix this problem.

But his version uses WWW::Mechanize and WWW::Mechanize doesn't come installed with stock MacOS X 10.5.7 perl. So when I run his version I get:

$ ./fotoup.pl-krellis --backup
Can't locate WWW/Mechanize.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Library/Perl/Updates/5.8.8 /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.1 .) at ./fotoup.pl-krellis line 22.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./fotoup.pl-krellis line 22.

Is there a working version of fotoup.pl for macosx? I can upload with the version I have, but I can't download/backup given the errors above.

Update: Nevermind. I solved it.

# sudo -H /usr/bin/cpan -i WWW::Mechanize

cpan comes with the XCode development package.

FlashJournal

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:29:08 GMT

FlashJournal is a mobile LJ client based on Flash Lite v.2.0 This is a first version of program - 0.1

Features:
connecting to livejournal.com server =)
posting entries to journal with choosing your avatar, tags,music,location,mood.

It work on devices width 240*320 screen resolution and above.
For working need Flash Lite v.2.0 and over.
Download : Symbian 9.2 and newst smartphones , others devices.
community:fj_client

HTTP Digest Authentication Bug

Thu, 21 May 2009 09:12:06 GMT

As documented on: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/693080.html and the corresponding lj request http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=536849 , there's a bug in the way the digest authentication works on livejournal, which occurs when trying to load syndicated pages with authentication.

The fix seems to be quite simple, as far as I understand it, but the request is currently closed.

Given it's been about 3 and a half years, how can a user (such as myself) work around this problem, and/or see the status of this bug fix request is?

livejournal changeset 15182: deleting all attributes for which tags?

Wed, 20 May 2009 22:55:04 GMT

I've been staring for a while at livejournal changeset r15182: LJSUP-4312, trying to figure out what it does and (more importantly) why. Apparently, it rewrites some tags so that <foo bar="quux"> becomes <foo>, but I'm not sure which. (It looks like most tags exempt from this rewriting are the lj* tags, but surely there has to be others, such as <a href=...">. Anyone has an idea?

Bug in console when adding freinds

Wed, 20 May 2009 15:19:24 GMT

There is a big in the admin console when adding a friend. This exists on the current LJ installation as well as any site using the code. When you add a friend via the console who is already a friend of yours, their groupmask gets wiped out.

The bug is in cgi-bin/LJ/Console/Commands/Friend.pm here is a diff that I created that seems to fix it.

--- Friend.pm.bak	2009-05-19 15:29:42.000000000 -0400
+++ Friend.pm	2009-05-19 15:47:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
             } else {
                 $self->error("You don't have a group called '$group'.");
             }
-        }
+        } else {
+            $gmask = LJ::get_groupmask($remote, $fu);
+        }
 
         my $opts = {};
         $opts->{'groupmask'} = $gmask if $gmask;

Add a preview button to the comment quickreply

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:31:01 GMT

There's a Dreamwidth patch I'd really, really love LJ to take up, and the community profile says contributions to LiveJournal code can be submitted here. It's adding a preview button to the quick reply comment box (more details here, including who made this beloved patch). I looked at the changes and they're pretty simple, so even if the patch doesn't apply cleanly (I think it will), it should be easy to recreate.

There's probably other little patches DW has that would be good for LJ to use--quick little things that might be nifty and won't take much work to apply. Should I look for more? Hearts.

IJ Comment Rot Issue Found

Fri, 15 May 2009 22:19:04 GMT

So I have posted about this numerous times and haven't been able to figure it out up until today. For those of you here who don't know, I run InsaneJournal. And I am sure some of you are aware that we have been experiencing an issue that was termed "Comment Rot".

I have been trying to figure out the cause of this for about 2 years. Today I finally found the culprit. There is a setting $NEW_ENTRY_CLEANUP_HACK that will under certain circumstances comments and entry properties from an entry. I have no idea why I even had this enabled. I am just posting this here to warn anyone else off of using this setting .... ever. It is an old legacy hack and should probably be removed from the code entirely.

Themes

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:02:54 GMT

I downloaded the LiveJournal code to use on our company's intranet. Everything installed fine; however, it seems there is something missing with the themes. When I click on a Category (/customize) I get a JavaScript run-time error: Line 57 Hourglass is undefined. Also when I apply one of the themes the theme style sheets are not loaded and get a blank background with no theme. Is the themes included under the free and open source download?

Thank you for your help!

Querying paid status of an account

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:29:10 GMT

I've been working on MultiLJ lately, specifically adding a Poll Creator, and was wondering if there was a convenient way to query whether the user had a Paid Account or not. I'd like to be able to enable/disable the feature, depending on that status, rather than have an unpaid user try to submit a poll and have the post be rejected.

Any hints?

Community down?

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:22:12 GMT

So what would cause nothing but ONE community to generate the "Site down" message? Oh, and it's only for people who aren't logged in. Pretty much:
-The main site is accessible.
-Any other journal is accessible to anyone.
-The community is accessible to anyone who is logged in.
-Apache doesn't say anything about it.
-MySQL isn't anywhere near the max connections globally.
-System utilization isn't much of anything.

To be specific, the message is:
Sorry

We're currently working on something. The site will be back up shortly.

mobilebloger 0.9.91

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:15:15 GMT

What's new?

+ location-based blogging (GPS and wi2geo.ru support)
+ backdated support
+ drafts
+ comments reading
+ friends page
+ clear cache
+ VGA panel
+ password encoding
+ page for mobile devices (m.mbloger.net)

download here: mobilebloger 0.9.91
community: mobilebloger

Getting this error when trying to create a community

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:35:43 GMT

I used to get this error ANY time I tried to create a user or community, but after turning off the TOS for normal users, it's gone there. Something to do with the fact that my TOS file is blank?

Given uniq is not a valid layout or theme: at /home/lj/cgi-bin/LJ/S2Theme.pm line 174.

Bug in /customize/advanced/styles.bml when using canview.

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:24:59 GMT

This will likely affect everyone with a small number of webslaves.

If you happen to get assigned to the same webslave and process of somebody that
recently used canview on /customize/advanced/styles.bml and attempt to save your
style, you will get redirected to a url with ?user=canview_victim

This does not allow the user without canview to actually view canview_victim's
styles, but still leaks information that canview was used, and whom it was used
on.

Patch can be found here:
http://code.livejournal.org/trac/livejournal/changeset/15078/trunk/htdocs/customize/advanced/styles.bml

Current location

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:31:09 GMT

Could you tell me what is the difference between in "current_coords" and "current_location" Journal Entries Meta-data?
What will be output of each of them?

Messaging

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:15:06 GMT

So does the Inbox/messaging system not work in the open source code? There's no reference to it for config variables, but the /inbox/ directory exists, and it'll open. it just does...nothing, if I try to send messages.

Profile

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:30:30 GMT

I'm not having any luck finding this in the LJ client protocol docs, so here's me asking: is there a way to update a user profile aside from the website?

I'd like to make a little widget that'll change my blog title so I can use that the same way Facebook and AIM have status text.

Thanks!

Cannot make hand-shake with livejournal server.

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:26:16 GMT

In my case i can use only OLE-objects.
I want to make hand-shake, as its wrote: http://www.livejournal.com/doc/server/ljp.csp.guide.intro.html

So, i write:
URL = "http://www.livejournal.com:80";

Src =
"POST /interface/flat HTTP/1.1
|Host: www.livejournal.com
|Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
|Content-length: 34
|
|mode=login&user=fixin&password="+Password+"
|";
Header1 = "Content-Type";
Header2 = "text/xml; charset=Windows-1251";

Q = New COMObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1");
//Q.Option(9,80);

Q.Open("GET",URL,0);
Q.setRequestHeader(Header1, Header2);
Q.Send(Src);
Message(Q.responseText);
If Q.status=200 Тогда
Message("Data send...");
Else
Message("Data not send ... "+Q.status);
Endif;

Q.responseText returns a HTML-text of start page livejournal.com. What i do wrong?

I try to use other object: "Microsoft.XMLHTTP". Result equals.

Occasional 40x errors on ScrapBook

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:31:39 GMT

My scrapbook client occasionally gets 404 and 405 errors. For example, I got this response to a PUT request to upload a picture:

HTTP/1.0 405 Method Not Allowed
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:38:30 GMT
Server: Apache
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>405 Method Not Allowed</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>Method Not Allowed</H1>
The requested method PUT is not allowed for the URL /interface/simple.<P>
</BODY></HTML>

If I just try again, it works fine, but I'd rather that the problem never happened.

My log says I've had 2 errors today for 89 requests. My only guess is that there's some Apache instance that isn't configured correctly, and it's pot luck whether the load-balancer sends a request there. Does anyone know better?

Current location

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:01:36 GMT

How can I put link in "Current location" to another online maps system, except automatic Google maps?

Versions of TheSchwartz on the 6A and LJ repos diverged

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:00:49 GMT

It looks like the versions of TheSchwartz in the LJ repository (http://code.livejournal.org/trac/TheSchwartz/log/) and the 6A repository (http://code.sixapart.com/trac/TheSchwartz/log/) diverged some 6 months ago and are also both different from the CPAN version (http://search.cpan.org/~bradfitz/TheSchwartz-1.07/). As far as I know, this wasn't announced, which brings a few questions:

1- Are they going to be merged again, or is this an unofficial or not-yet-announced fork?
2- If it is, which ones work with LJ-originated code? (I know the LJI-hosted one works, but I'd like to hear about the other 2.)
3- Which one (if any) is "official" (in the narrow sense of "will be tracked on CPAN")?
4- Are they able to coexist peacefully, eg if an application indirectly depends on both?