College Courses

Well, I was placed in an advanced iOS development class, but even so the class wouldn't do me much good.  So I talked to the head of the Computer Science dept showing him some of my work, and now I get to help design some apps for the college and have it count as my class work.  Works for me. :)

How to batch vote on PollDaddy (Mac OS X) Hack

Well I decided to try to make a way to do batch votes on PollDaddy.  It was actually pretty easy once you play around with FireBug a little bit to find the necessary fields.  Kinda sloppy, but gets the job done.

Here is the source:
Updated 1/22/13 3:14p

//

//  main.m

//  Pollhacky

//

//  Created by Donald A Wittbrodt on 1/22/13.

//  Copyright (c) 2013 Donnie Wittbrodt. All rights reserved.

//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

#import "DLoad.h"

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])

{

    @autoreleasepool {

        

        DLoad *dl = [[DLoad alloc] init];

        int numMillisecondsToDelay = 50;

        NSLog(@"Press 1 then Enter to exit.  Votes once every %d milliseconds to avoid invalid votes.", numMillisecondsToDelay);

        dl.delayTimeInMilliseconds = numMillisecondsToDelay;

        [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(bruteVote) toTarget:dl withObject:nil];

        int i=0;

        while(1) {

            //Check to see if user cancelled

            scanf("%d", &i);

            if(i == 1) {

                //Tell the bruteVote to stop

                dl.stillVoting = NO;

                break;

            }

            //Give the main thread a small break to ease cpu usage

            usleep(0.5);

        }

        [dl release];

        

    }

    return 0;

}

//

//  DLoad.h

//  Pollhacky

//

//  Created by Donald A Wittbrodt on 1/22/13.

//  Copyright (c) 2013 Donnie Wittbrodt. All rights reserved.

//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface DLoad : NSObject <NSURLConnectionDelegate>

{

    BOOL stillVoting;

    int delayTimeInMilliseconds;

    

    

}

-(void)bruteVote;

@property BOOL stillVoting;

@property int delayTimeInMilliseconds;

@end

//

//  DLoad.m

//  Pollhacky

//

//  Created by Donald A Wittbrodt on 1/22/13.

//  Copyright (c) 2013 Donnie Wittbrodt. All rights reserved.

//

#import "DLoad.h"

@implementation DLoad

@synthesize stillVoting, delayTimeInMilliseconds;

-(id)init

{

    self = [super init];

    if(self) {

        stillVoting = YES;

        delayTimeInMilliseconds = 250;

    }

    return self;

}

-(void)bruteVote

{

    while(stillVoting) {

        //Find the poll id for the poll you want

        NSString *pollID = @""; //Example: 6830128

        //Find the answer id for the answer you want

        NSString *answerID = @""; //Example: 31000396

        

        NSURL *pollURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://polldaddy.com/poll/%@/", pollID]];

        

        //Get the hmtl string to get the time and token fields

        NSString *getStr = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:pollURL encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];

        //Get the time

        NSString *t = [[[[getStr componentsSeparatedByString:@",&quot;t&quot;:"] objectAtIndex:1] componentsSeparatedByString:@",&quot;"] objectAtIndex:0];

        //Get the token

        NSString *token = [[[getStr componentsSeparatedByString:@"&quot;n&quot;:&quot;"] objectAtIndex:1] substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, 32)];

        

        NSString *fURLString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://polldaddy.com/vote.php?va=10&pt=0&r=0&p=%@&a=%@%%2C&o=&t=%@&token=%@", pollID, answerID, t, token];

        NSString *str = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:fURLString] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];

        

        //NSLog(@"%@", str);

        if([str rangeOfString:@"Thank you for voting!"].location != NSNotFound) {

            NSLog(@"Voted!! :)");

        }

        else {

            NSLog(@"Vote failed. :(");

        }

        

        //Sleep delayTimeInMilliseconds to give cpu a break

        usleep(delayTimeInMilliseconds);

    }

}

@end