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Chad Smith on "Google Voice Add-on Development"

Chad Smith — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:22:38 +0000

A few people have already asked me how to place calls or send SMS messages using Google Voice via HTTP or XML request. It is pretty much the same way as in GrandCentral, except some of the addresses have changed.

Here is what I use in my Google Voice Firefox addon:

Logging in:
Google's ClientLogin API
POST /accounts/ClientLogin accountType=GOOGLE&Email=[google account]&Passwd=[google password]&service=grandcentral&source=[your app name]

This will return an error or set of authorization tokens. Save the Auth token and send it back with each request.

Placing Calls:
POST /voice/call/connect/ outgoingNumber=[number to call]&forwardingNumber=[forwarding number]&subscriberNumber=undefined&phoneType=[phone type]&remember=0&_rnr_se=[pull from page]

Phone Types:
1) Home
2) Mobile
3) Work
7) Gizmo

Canceling Calls:
POST /voice/call/cancel/ outgoingNumber=undefined&forwardingNumber=undefined&cancelType=C2C&_rnr_se=[pull from page]

Sending an SMS:
POST /voice/sms/send/ id=&phoneNumber=[number to text]&text=[URL Encoded message]&_rnr_se=[pull from page]

Inbox XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/inbox/

Starred Calls XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/starred/

All Calls XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/all/

Spam XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/spam/

Trash XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/trash/

Voicemail XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/voicemail/

SMS XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/sms/

Recorded Calls XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/recorded/

Placed Calls XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/placed/

Received Calls XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/received/

Missed Calls XML:
https://www.google.com/voice/inbox/recent/missed/

XML Pagination:
?page=p2
?page=p3
etc..

Downloading a Voice Message:
https://www.google.com/voice/media/send_voicemail/[message id]

Deleting a Voice Message:
POST /voice/inbox/deleteMessages/ messages=[message id]&trash=1&_rnr_se=[pull from page]

Mark a message as read:
POST /voice/inbox/mark/ messages=[message id]&read=1&_rnr_se=[pull from page]

Mark a message as unread:
POST /voice/inbox/mark/ messages=[message id]&read=0&_rnr_se=[pull from page]

Voicemail Transcript Timing:
https://www.google.com/voice/media/transcriptWords?id=[message id]

Chad Smith on "PHP Login Script"

Chad Smith — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:23:08 +0000

phpMyLogin

Several sites I made required some kind of authentication using PHP, but since the sites were entirely custom coded - and needed to be to serve their purpose - I was unable to use a CMS just to have user registration and sign-ins.

The enclosed code is a PHP script I came up with to enable secure logins on any site it's dropped into. Some configuration is required, but as you will see, it's fast, secure, easy to set up, and most of all gets the job done.

This version uses MySQL to read and write user information. If you ask nicely, I might add the same functionality back into the initial SQLite version.

Requirements

- PHP5+
- MySQL Database
- Apache
    - mod_rewrite enabled

View the README file (it's in the zip) for instructions on installing and configuring the script for your site.

Contents

example
    .htaccess - .htaccess file (place in root or add contents to your own)
    auth.php - example page that requires authentication
    change.php - example change/recover password page
    index.php - example index page
    login.css - example stylesheet (place in root or add to your own stylesheet)
    login.php - example login page
    manage.php - example change email page (requires authentication)
    signup.php - example registration page
root
    config.php - configuration file
    includes
        templates
            email
                activation.php - activation/welcome e-mail sent to new users
                change-password.php - change password e-mail sent to users
                html-dtd.php - valid xhtml 1.0 for html e-mails (can be modified
                to effect all emails)
                login-notification.php - user login notification sent to the site admin
                signup-notification.php - new user notification sent to the site admin
            forms
                change-email.php - the change e-mail form
                change-password.php - the new password form (used after e-mail link is
                clicked)
                login.php - the login form
                recover-password.php - the password recovery form
                signup.php - exactly what you think it is
    common.php - common functions, edit this code first
    db.functions.php - the database class, standalone at ezdb.org
    extend.php - set of plugin & notification functions, edit this code second
    functions.php - the main functions for the login system
    plugin.functions.php - functions for action handling and plugins (borrowed from
    wordpress)
CHANGELOG - list of version changes
COPYING - license details
README - the thing you're reading

Features

Authentication using PHP and MySQL
Expiring nonces to deter spam and session hijacking
Salted passwords and sessions
Secured against SQL Injection
Built in change password, e-mail address, & password recovery
Account activation & user registration notification
User meta for profiles or additional data
Extendable using plugins
Easily integrates into other services
Easy to use templating system for customizing forms and e-mails
Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict

Demo

Download

Donate

Summary

I initially wrote my own login script so I could fix all the bugs and security flaws of the scripts that already exist, and so there would be something that can easily be extended using plugins.

If you find any bugs or have any questions, let me know. The next things I am working on for this include plugns for profiles and analytics, and OAuth and OpenID versions. The script as is provides a secure system of login, registration, and account management.

Chad Smith on "Detect Mobile Browser"

Chad Smith — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:21:14 +0000

Detect Mobile Browser is a new open source script of mine that allows you to detect mobile visitors on your website and redirect them accordingly.

This is useful for people who have or would like to have a mobile version of their site, but do not know how to detect and/or redirect only the mobile users.

JavaScript, PHP, and ASP versions of the script can be downloaded from the site. The script can easily be ported, so I plan to make ColdFusion, JSP, and Rails versions too once I have access to supporting servers.

Also on Detect Mobile Browser is a unique redirection service (that can be shortened using your favorite URL shortening service) which directs regular visitors to one site and mobile visitors to another.

Example: http://detectmobilebrowser.com/facebook.com/chads,m.facebook.com/chads

Regular visitors would be redirected to facebook.com/chads and mobile visitors would go to m.facebook.com/chads.

Chad Smith on "MyDNStore - Domain Sales Script"

Chad Smith — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:35:19 +0000

A while back I launched a service called No Cart which allows people to sell stuff anywhere online using links. I use it whenever I sell a domain or other item on Craigslist, Twitter, or message board, because it's free to use and makes sending and receiving money via PayPal easy.

No Cart is a great service (and by all means you should use it) but I found it's not the best solution when I want to sell a domain but don't already have a buyer. My solution for this: MyDNStore.

Like No Cart, MyDNStore lets enter your PayPal information and create links for items to sell, however there are a few major differences:

You run your own store, meaning on your own domain and you're the only person who can use it
You can edit the items you list for sale
It's specifically for domains (I've seen people sell tea, furniture, and even cars using No Cart)
When you sell a domain (such as voteforkids.com) people who visit the name will see it's for sale AND will stay on the domain

Several people were using No Cart to sell domains but had to create their own redirects to send traffic from the domain to their No Cart page. A self-hosted install of MyDNStore does this for you.

MyDNStore.com is where I run my store and offer this free script. Try it for yourself at demo.mydnstore.com (admin/admin).

The script is for personal use only and is not to be modified or sold without my permission. Contact me for licensing information if you wish to use MyDNStore for commercial purposes.

Requirements

- Apache w mod_rewrite enabled
- MySQL
- PHP

View the README file (it's in the zip) for instructions on installing and configuring the script for your site.

Demo Store
Active Store
Example Listing
Example Listing
Active Listing
Active Listing

Download

Chad Smith on "jQuery Shuffle Plugin"

Chad Smith — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:51:44 +0000

jQuery Shuffle Plugin

Summary

A jQuery plugin for shuffling a set of elements.

License

Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

Usage

To shuffle a set of elements use: $(selector).shuffle(); or $.shuffle(selector);

Version History

v0.0.1 - November 13th, 2009

Support

Examples

Chad Smith on "jQuery Crash"

Chad Smith — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:44:49 +0000

jQuery Crash Plugin

Summary

A jQuery plugin for crashing IE6. That'll teach those motherf!%@*#s to upgrade their s#*t.

Author

Chad Smith (email)

Requires

jQuery

Download

jquery-crash.js (492 bytes)

License

Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

Usage

To crash IE6 call: $.crash();

Version History

v0.0.1 - November 10th, 2009

Support

Example

waqar-ahmad on "Google voice SMS Gateway"

waqar-ahmad — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:43:19 +0000

Hi every one. Is there any SMS gateway available for sending sms using google voice from my application(web).

Chad Smith on "Alertable - Website monitoring via Twitter"

Chad Smith — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:47:09 +0000

I launched a new service recently that monitors your website traffic and alerts you on Twitter when something goes wrong.

The service is similar to other uptime monitoring services in the sense that it tells you when something bad happens, but is entirely different since it doesn't constantly poke and prod your server to see if it's still running.

Instead, Alertable is powered by your visitors. When someone visits your site it sends back a signal telling Alertable, "Hey, I'm still here!"

Sign up using your twitter account and add the addresses of your sites. You are given a line of HTML to place on each of your pages so Alertable can go to work.

Set how often you expect each of your sites to be visited, and that's it. You will receive a direct message if that length of time passes and no one visits your site.

Chad Smith on "Free Cron Jobs"

Chad Smith — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:24:25 +0000

My latest service just went into beta today. If you know what cron jobs are and have a use for them, you might want to check it out.

Cron Source

In the most basic sense, the service does nothing more than bring crowdsourcing to cron jobs.

The way it works is simple: if your host limits or does not provide access to cron (or if they do but you hate them), sign up and enter the URLs of your cron jobs. Then, add your Cron code (a JavaScript file) to the bottom of each of your sites.

Each time your cron code is loaded, your visitors will unknowingly run a cron job if one is waiting. If run time comes and no one is around, another site's visitors will run your cron job for you.

Cron jobs can be scheduled to run as often as every 5 minutes. Crowdsourcing comes in to play because the cron jobs are initiated by your visitors rather than a web server.

If you are interested in trying it, visit FreeCronJobs.com.

koolio on "Print calls history"

koolio — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:46:31 +0000

Hello Chad,

I really really need to print GV calls history. I think your FF add-on can do this but whenever I click on the your links, it asked me to save the xml file and I can't view it in FF or IE. Is there anyway to have it in normal view and print it? Please let me know if there's a way or any program can open it.

Thanks.

dchardy on "GV add on for firefox: gizmo forwarding # possible?"

dchardy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:15:33 +0000

Google voice will call me on my Gizmo # to connect a call - it this possible with the Firefox add-on?

Chad Smith on "Search Friendly URLs"

Chad Smith — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:57:19 +0000

Search Friendly URLs is a free service I made to help website owners give their pages Search Friendly URLs.

Enter your domain name, the ugly URLs you want to make pretty, and hit submit to have it create SEO friendly rewrites for you.

The service will likely upset a lot of freelancers, because it is something good developers can do in minutes but charge outrageous rates for. Search Friendly URLs allows you to do it yourself.

The idea suddenly came to me the other night and took about an hour to code.

Chad Smith on "Open Source Image Sharing Script"

Chad Smith — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:38:44 +0000

My open source image sharing script originated as a service I planned on selling, but due to the high saturation of poor quality competing services, I decided to offer it for free.

I'm pleased to say it is different from other image sharing scripts in a number of ways. It has a small footprint, is written entirely in PHP, uses MySQL to store your data, is completely customizable, includes statistics on each image shared, does not require registration (but comes with it just in case), and checks to see if each image has already been shared.

Requirements

- PHP5+ w GD2 enabled
- Apache w mod_rewrite enabled
- MySQL

View the README file (it's in the zip) for instructions on installing and configuring the script for your site.

Contents

deleted
root
	css
		style.css
	images
		bg.png
		logo-trans.png
		upload.png
	includes
		templates
			body
				footer.php
				header.php
				list.php
			email
				activation.php
				change-password.php
				confirm-email.php
				html-dtd.php
				login-notification.php
				new-image.php
				signup-notification.php
			forms
				caption.php
				change-email.php
				change-password.php
				login.php
				recover-password.php
				signup.php
				upload.php
			pages
				account.php
				image.php
				index.php
				stats.php
		common.php
		db.functions.php
		extend.php
		functions.php
		plugin.functions.php
	js
		init.js
		run.js
		upload.js
	.htaccess
	config.php
	index.php
thumbnails
uploads
CHANGELOG
COPYING
README

Features

It's FREE
Image sharing using PHP and MySQL
Template system for complete customization
Session nonces to deter spam and hotlinking
Secured against XSS and SQL Injection
Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict
One click uploads
Duplicate image detection
Viewer statistics

Demo

Download

Donate

Other

Let me know if you come up with any bugs or questions.

Additional features are already in progress, such as commenting and OpenID, Twitter, Facebook and OAuth authentication. Geo statistics are included on imagepng.com, but were removed while I investigate the Geo-IP database license.

You are free to use the script in any way you please, however donations are appreciated, especially for commercial use or if require support.

This script is not to be repackaged and sold as is.

Chad Smith on "jQuery Duff's Device"

Chad Smith — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:54:50 +0000

jQuery Duff's Device

Summary

Use Duff's device for faster^* loops.

Author

Chad Smith (email)

Requires

jQuery

Download

jquery-duff.js (842 bytes)

License

Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

Usage

Use: $(element).duff(function(){...}); or $.duff(element,function(){...});
In place of: $(element).each(function(){...}); and $.each(element,function(){...});

^*Duff's device is faster in many cases, but not every case. Loop speed depends on the browser and number of iterations, and can differ on each run.

Version History

v0.0.2 - August 28th, 2009
v0.0.1 - August 27th, 2009

Support

Examples

Chad Smith on "Good Karaoke API"

Chad Smith — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:02:28 +0000

Alright, so it's not so much of an API, but it does a similar thing as #ksstorms and has actually been around for a few more years.

Good Karaoke is a service / company I started that gives karaoke DJs a fancy way to display their song lists online and is instantly searchable. The domain name also happens to get me a ton of search traffic and ad revenue.

The API & service is free and was recently rewritten to make it faster and give it a smaller footprint.

Here is what it looks like un-styled:

Songs can be e-mailed to me or submitted through the site. Song lists are then delivered to websites via JavaScript in the following manner:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://goodkaraoke.com/karaoke.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">try{gk.list('random string')}catch(e){}</script>

I originally intended on making the site into a social network for karaoke singers, but ultimately decided against it due to time requirements and other opportunities. Instead, Open Mike Music - Wichita will soon be re-branded as Good Karaoke, but the web service will still be offered.

Open Mike Music is currently the #1 DJ service and karaoke company in Kansas City and Wichita.

Chad Smith on "jQuery TinyMCE Plugin"

Chad Smith — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:37:22 +0000

jQuery TinyMCE Plugin

Summary

A plugin for embedding TinyMCE via unobtrusive jQuery.

Author

Chad Smith (email)

Requires

Download

jquery-tinymce.js (804 bytes)

License

Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

Usage

Add TinyMCE to textareas or an element using:
$('textarea').tinymce();

Or specify plugins and themes too:
$('.advanced').tinymce({theme:'advanced',plugins:'contextmenu,save,print'});

Toggle one or many TinyMCE instances using:
$('.editors').tinymce('toggle');

Or remove instances entirely using:
$('.editors').tinymce('remove');

You can swap an active editor's skin too:
$('.simple').tinymce({theme:'advanced',plugins:'contextmenu,save,print'});

Version History

v0.0.2 - August 28th, 2009
v0.0.1 - June 12th, 2009

Support

Example

More Examples

Chad Smith on "GrandCentral Click to Call Add-on (Support)"

Chad Smith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:12:52 +0000

There were starting to be quite a few comments on my blog post regarding the addon, which made it hard to keep track of feature requests and some of the issues you've been having.

To make things easier, I ask that you direct your questions here until I find a more suitable method of handling support tickets on That Smith.

With that said, I am pleased to announce I finally made an update for the addon and am looking for a few people to test it for me.

New in v0.3.0

Incorrect/old usernames and passwords are now removed once you update the settings
Private numbers no longer confuse the recent call popup
Double-clicking your number in the status bar now rescans for numbers (used to redial the last call)

Download v0.3.0b1 to help test it. The test should only last a few hours, so leave any comments you have and check back later for the final version.

Chad Smith on "About Post Topic"

Chad Smith — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:04:37 +0000

If you're visiting Post Topic and are trying to figure out what it's for, then you've come to the right place.

I created Post Topic simply because I found posttopic.com was available. There is no other reason or explanation than that.

You are welcome to use Post Topic the same way I do, which is simply to converse and post topics you find of interest.

Feel free to post your announcements, promotions, questions, or anything else you would like to discuss.