Unzipping archive from Ruby (Mac and Windows)

fredo6 · 8 Nov 2010, 20:27

You could maybe send a POST message with XMLHttpRequest with login information to SCF's login page. ...though I'm not sure if doing that via XMLHttpRequest will give you a persistent session...

Would anybody know:

either the inline syntax in the request (if this is supported), like
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=29230&hilit=plugin#p254673&user=Fredo6&pwd=mypwd
or the post syntax for the SCF login page?

Thanks

Fredo

Dan Rathbun · 8 Nov 2010, 20:35

What URL do you see if you hover over the SCF Login link.
(I have autologin set in my SCF cookie so I never go thru the login.)

jeff hammond · 8 Nov 2010, 20:44

@dan rathbun said:

What URL do you see if you hover over the SCF Login link.
(I have autologin set in my SCF cookie so I never go thru the login.)

the log in page at scf is this url:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/ucp.php?mode=login

thomthom · 8 Nov 2010, 20:44

It would not be part of the URL - as that would be a GET.

The HTML source for the login:


<form method="post" action="./ucp.php?mode=login" class="headerspace" style="border;dashed 2px #ca0016;margin;auto auto 10px auto;padding;0 10px 10px 10px;width;97%;">
	<p style="font-weight;bold;margin;11px 0 0 0;float;right;padding;3px 5px;"><img src="http://sketchucation.com/forums/styles/prosilver/imageset/help.gif" height="22" width="23" alt="" style="margin-right;5px;" /><a href="http://www.sketchucation.com/scf-contact-page2/" style="font-size;1.1em;">Problems with registering / logging in?</a></p>
	<h3><a href="./ucp.php?mode=login">Login</a>&nbsp; &bull; &nbsp;<a href="./ucp.php?mode=register">Register</a></h3>
		<fieldset class="quick-login">
			<label for="username">Username;</label>&nbsp;<input type="text" name="username" id="username" size="10" class="inputbox" title="Username" />  
			<label for="password">Password;</label>&nbsp;<input type="password" name="password" id="password" size="10" class="inputbox" title="Password" />
			
				| <label for="autologin">Log me on automatically each visit <input type="checkbox" name="autologin" id="autologin" /></label>
			
			<input type="submit" name="login" value="Login" class="button2" />
		</fieldset>
	</form>

The important stuff here is:
<form method="post" action="./ucp.php?mode=login"

This means the POST request must be made to http ://forums.sketchucation.com/ucp.php?mode=login
and you need to set the arguments, "username", "password" and quite possible "login" (login as very often the website software checks the value of the submit button to detect if a form has been used - but that depends on the software)

Dan Rathbun · 8 Nov 2010, 20:46

The form fieldnames on the SCF login page are:
username
password

But there is also a "sid" (security ID) involved. The Admins may not want spambots being able to auto login. Ask Coen.

thomthom · 8 Nov 2010, 20:47

@dan rathbun said:

What URL do you see if you hover over the SCF Login link.
(I have autologin set in my SCF cookie so I never go thru the login.)

HTML forms' submit buttons doesn't display the target URL info. One has to look at the source code.

Dan Rathbun · 8 Nov 2010, 20:49

@thomthom said:

One has to look at the source code.

I know (and I did,) it was a hint. But you cut and pasted the code before I could.

tbd · 8 Nov 2010, 21:41

Fredo6: what do you want to do with SCF download ? maybe we can create a backend that suits your needs better thank going through forum software

fredo6 · 8 Nov 2010, 21:57

@unknownuser said:

Fredo6: what do you want to do with SCF download ? maybe we can create a backend that suits your needs better thank going through forum software

I am investiogating 2 things:

1) Scan the SCF page where a plugin is.
That's sorted out with WebDialog and this will allow to check the current version and date of the plugin. This of course requires some strict syntax convention, for instance in the title, so that it is easy and discriminant to parse the info.
At least, this will tell whether the plugin is up to date or not

2) Download the file (zip or rb) to the local disk in the right place.
I assume that with some syntax convention, it will be possible to locate the URL address of the file.
For this however, this requires that the user is logged in to SCF (as ThomThom judiciously noticed).
Then, if the file URL is obtained, I can:

either invoke the download dialog box via WebDialog
or find out another way to download it
Not sure there is an easy way

Fred

fredo6 · 8 Nov 2010, 22:01

I was WRONG about the Mac unzipping as folder.

But I found out that there is an embedded unzip command, which can be invoked via the Ruby system call system.
see main post for details

I have no clue if this is present on all Macs.

Fredo

PS: just taking the opportunity that I have a Mac at hand to make a few tests about this question of plugin installation, as I usually prefer to release scripts for both environments and users.

jeff hammond · 8 Nov 2010, 23:42

@unknownuser said:

I was WRONG about the Mac unzipping as folder.

But I found out that there is an embedded unzip command, which can be invoked via the Ruby system call system.
see main post for details

I have no clue if this is present on all Macs.

yeah, osx has it's own compressor/expander called Archive Utility.app (located at HD/System/Library/Core Services) which is on all macs (unless for some odd reason, someone decides to delete it).. osx also comes with ruby.

i'd assume that if you can get it working on one mac then it will work on all..

one thing that may cause problems is if the user has changed the default expander to something other than Archive Utility (say Stuffit Expander for instance).. i don't think it would matter but then again, i don't really know.

thomthom · 9 Nov 2010, 08:04

@unknownuser said:

Fredo6: what do you want to do with SCF download ? maybe we can create a backend that suits your needs better thank going through forum software

I wonder - is there many out there at the moment looking at some download/update management system? I've been sketching down ideas for something like this.
Maybe we could brainstorm something together instead of working in solitude on this?

tbd · 9 Nov 2010, 10:31

@thomthom said:

Maybe we could brainstorm something together instead of working in solitude on this?

sure. some public read/invite write access mindmap would be nice. do you know something that we can use for the brainstorm part ?

thomthom · 9 Nov 2010, 11:46

No - I've never used such tools. Would be good to find one.
All I have at the moment are some text document and yellow stickers-notes.

Dan Rathbun · 9 Nov 2010, 19:43

What about anonymous FTP download ?

Would the user need to manually specify the save path ?

eneroth3 · 3 Dec 2014, 20:36

What sort of license applies to unzip.exe? I cannot find it anywhere and I'd like to use it for my next plugin.

driven · 3 Dec 2014, 20:42

you can use rubyzip gem...
dan did an autoloader outline a couple of posts back...
[anchor= goto=http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=59990&start=30#p548017:3q0rxtjb]should be here[/anchor:3q0rxtjb]
john

tt_su · 4 Dec 2014, 11:38

@eneroth3 said:

What sort of license applies to unzip.exe? I cannot find it anywhere and I'd like to use it for my next plugin.

Unless you need support for SketchUp older than SU2014 I'd go with the zip gem that john mentions.

eneroth3 · 4 Dec 2014, 15:22

Thanks! The gem rubyzip gem does exactly what I wanted .

However I don't know what's the best practice to use a gem. Should I ask the user to install it or should I check if it exists when the plugin loads and otherwise install it? Should I in that case use statusbar texts to tell the user the gem is being installed and that it may take some time?

driven · 4 Dec 2014, 15:52

It only instals into Sketchup gems, so if they want your plugin they will need it...

If it not already installed:
I guess you could ask if they want the download or to use 'your' supplied copy, but you would need to keep 'yours' up to date as other plugins use it already...

it's very fast to load, did you try?

Definitely mention it in your documentation...

john