User authentication is now required to post pics.

app/controllers/images_controller.rb

@@ -3,20 +3,26 @@
 class ImagesController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
-    extension = params[:filename].match(/\.(.+?)$/)[1]
-    image_io  = StringIO.new(Base64.decode64(params[:image]))
-    image_data = UploadIO.new(image_io, "image/#{extension}", params[:filename])
+    cookie = LoginCookie::ShackPics.new(params[:username], params[:password])
+    if cookie.success?    
+      extension = params[:filename].match(/\.(.+?)$/)[1]
+      image_io  = StringIO.new(Base64.decode64(params[:image]))
+      image_data = UploadIO.new(image_io, "image/#{extension}", params[:filename])
 
-    url = URI.parse('http://shackpics.com/upload.x')
-    request = Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart.new(url.path, "userfile[]" => image_data)
-    response = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) { |http| http.request(request) }
+      url = URI.parse('http://shackpics.com/upload.x')
+      request = Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart.new(url.path, "userfile[]" => image_data)
+      request['Cookie'] = cookie.string
+      response = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) { |http| http.request(request) }
 
-    parser = LibXML::XML::HTMLParser.new
-    parser.string = response.body
-    page = parser.parse.root
+      parser = LibXML::XML::HTMLParser.new
+      parser.string = response.body
+      page = parser.parse.root
 
-    puts response.body
+      puts response.body
 
-    render :text => "<success>#{page.find_first("//input[@id='link11']")[:value]}</success>"
-  end
+      render :text => "<success>#{page.find_first("//input[@id='link11']")[:value]}</success>", :status => :created
+    else
+      render :text => "<error>Not Authorized</error>", :status => :not_authorized
+    end
+  end  
 end

app/models/login_cookie.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ class LoginCookie
   attr_reader :string, :status
 
   def initialize(username, password)
-    # Post the login
     response = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse('http://www.shacknews.com/login_laryn.x'), {
       :username => username,
       :password => password,
@@ -22,4 +21,23 @@ def initialize(username, password)
   def success?
     @status == :success
   end
+
+
+
+  class ShackPics < LoginCookie
+    def initialize(username, password)
+
+      response = `curl -i -d "user_name=#{username}&user_password=#{password}" http://www.shackpics.com/users.x?act=login_go`
+      puts response
+
+      if cookie = response.split("\n").find { |line| line =~ /^Set-Cookie: mmh_user_cookie=(.+?\.[A-Za-z0-9\.]+?);/ }
+        cookie_value = $1
+
+        @string = "mmh_user_cookie=#{cookie_value}"
+        @status = :success
+      else
+        @status = :not_authorized
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end