How do I post a comment using an external php script in vanilla?

anal_blazer

I have a script written with this code to get the vanilla session and user into it:
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/141122/#Comment_141122

But now I want to use that script to add a comment to a discussion, kind of like an automated reply script.
I think this would have something to do with applications/vanilla/models/class.commentmodel.php and public function Save($FormPostValues), but I simply have no idea how I would use this from an external script like that.

define('APPLICATION', 'Vanilla');

define('APPLICATION_VERSION', '2.0.16');

define('DS', '/');

define('PATH_ROOT', '/var/www/html/testsite');

ob_start();

require_once(PATH_ROOT.DS.'bootstrap.php');

ob_end_clean(); // clear any header output from vanila

$Session = Gdn::Session();

$Authenticator = Gdn::Authenticator();

$poster = 23; //Post as this user

$discussion = 12; //Discussion where to post in

$message = "Hey everybody! This is a test." //Comment content

//what now?

hgtonight

You just need to POST the form values for the /post/comment page.

You will need to POST the transient key as well (Gdn::Session()->TransientKey())

x00

Why not use an API?

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/api-application

Also why does it have to be external? You could create a plugin that responds to posts, like a bot.

Linc

https://github.com/lincolnwebs/Glue/blob/master/wp-content/plugins/glue/vanilla.php

https://github.com/lincolnwebs/Glue/blob/master/wp-content/plugins/glue/glue.php#L121-L138

Uncomment the SpamCheck = FALSE line, too.