Extension:AIM

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AIM Button Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag, MyWiki
Description	Embeds a button showing users online status and providing access to a popup chat window.
Author(s)	Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Last version	1.0a (2007-05-07)
MediaWiki	1.5. X
License	Public domain
Download	see below
Example	Syncleus Technology Wiki or Cubic Path Wiki
Check usage and version matrix

Please Upgrade to 1.0a or above from all version to prevent an XSS attack

AIM extension embeds a button showing users online AIM status. When clicked, a popup AIM chat window appears.

Usage

To embed an AIM Button inside a MediaWiki article

syntax

"<aim>AIM-Username</aim>"

Use Extension talk:AIM to report issues or ask for help

Installation

1. Copy the code into a file (e.g. aim.php)
2. Change $wgAimKey to your AIM key (get an AIM key here).
3. Save the file in the extensions directory of your MediaWiki folder
4. Add the line require_once('extensions/aim.php'); to the end of your LocalSettings.php file

Now you can use the extension with <aim>AIM-Username</aim> in the wiki

Code

<?php
 
// (c) Jeffrey Phillips Freeman <freemo@gmail.com> & released to the public domain.
 
// MediaWiki AIM Extension Ver 1.0a (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AIM)
 
$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
        'name' => 'AIM',
        'version' => '1.0a',
        'author' => 'Jeffrey Phillips Freeman',
        'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AIM',
        'description' => 'Embeds a button showing users online AIM status'
);
 
//setup default varibles
$wgAimKey = 'AIM_KEY_HERE';
 
// set up MediaWiki to react to the "<aim>" tag
$wgExtensionFunctions[] = "wfAIM";
 
function wfAIM() {
        global $wgParser;
        $wgParser->setHook( "aim", "RenderAIM" );
}
 
 
// the function that reacts to "<aim>"
 
function RenderAIM( $input, $argv ) {
 
// set your defaults for the style and action (0 to 26) (add)
 
        $style_default = "0" ;
        $action_default = "sendim" ;
 
// the varibles are: <aim style="$argv['style']" action="$argv['action']">$input</aim>
 
// escape $input to prevent XSS
        $input = htmlspecialchars($input) ;
 
// test to see if the optinal elements of the tags are set and supported. if not set them to the defaults
 
        if( isset( $argv['style'] ) ){
                $style = $argv['style'] ;
                if( !($style >= "0" AND $style <= "0") ){
                        $style = $style_default ;
                }
        } else {
                $style = $style_default ;
        }
 
        if( isset( $argv['action'] ) ){
                $action = $argv['action'] ;
                if( !($action == "sendim") ){
                        $action = $action_default ;
                }
        } else {
                $action = $action_default ;
        }
 
// set the url to the image and the stype of the image
global $wgAimKey;
$image = '<img src="http://api.oscar.aol.com/SOA/key='.$wgAimKey.'/presence/'.$input.'" border="0"/> ' ;
 
// start the rendering the html outupt
     $output  = '<!-- MediaWiki extension http:/www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AIM -->';
     $output .= '<a href="aim:GoIM?screenname='.$input.'">'.$image.'</a>';
     $output .= '<!-- end of AIM button -->';
 
// send the output to MediaWiki
     return $output;
}