Chaturbate help (need custom scripting)
 

I've made a few threads about tag-specific Chaturbate advertisements, specifically cam listings. Here's exactly what's needed:

A script/tool that displays anywhere between 5 and 7 live feeds (240 x 180, vertical) from specified tags. These should capture a still from live feeds and update when the page is refreshed (or at certain intervals - I'd like the option to toggle between the two).

I'd need one or two versions with two different tags and instructions on how to change tags and other parameters as needed.

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xxx6live and blackmonsters posted in previous threads of mine. This isn't too complicated a job and I'll pay a reasonable sum. Is there anyone else who can do this or has done this? Unless there's a case for a higher amount, $100 US strikes me as a reasonable cap and even that's a bit high given that nature of this job. I'd also like a script for Streamate too. I'm open to negotiating -- if that seems low, let me know why. This shouldn't take more than one or two hours.

I will pay for the entire thing upfront. Also, Mohawk Steve or anyone from Chaturbate, are you prepared to defray part of this cost afterwards? I'm developing a promotional tool and, if it's versatile, you guys could adopt it and integrate it within your collection of promotional tools.

The fact that cam listings include gays ass fucking one another is pretty remarkable. I don't think I've ever seen a cam site not give webmasters the ability to at least narrow the broad criteria (straight, gay, whatever).

$100? You can have 1 hour of my time for that.

This is bigger than a 1 hour job to do it right. You want a control panel to be able to change settings, etc? You are into a 6-10 hour project I would think and that is for someone who knows the chaturbate api really well.

Good luck.

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I just need a script, PHP or javascript or whatever. As long as it's full of notes and the developer points me to the line needed to change the tag (one variable, not complicated), that's it. I don't need or want a control panel.

I simply need a script that replicates Chaturbate's existing cam listings tool with the added ability to restrict results to a specific tag. Ideally, I'd be able to set the thumbnail dimension to 240 x 180.

I'm a developer and I don't have time to deal with this. I assure you this is not a 6 hours job. It shouldn't take longer than 1 hour, 2 at most. xxx6live already has a version of this and would simply need to modify it a bit.

You are requesting Chaturbate defray part of your measly $100 proposal for a custom script :evil-laug:evil-laug

I'll pay for the entire thing, but yes, after I pay I'm going to pressure Chaturbate to pay me. This is a really basic function.

$100 isn't measly given the simplicity of the script being proposed. We'd be using an existing json script from Chaturbate and making some modifications.

You're not a developer.

Why not ask them how much to buy their code?

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Are you willing to put in a bid? I did say I'm open to negotiating.

I believe it's possible to pull Chaturbate's scripts, though I could be mistaken.

I'm trying to reach out to him. $100 isn't a hard limit. If this will take 1 or 2 hours, $100 seems fair to me.

Fuck off with your blithe shit. I've been pressuring Chaturbate to fix their fucking tools for weeks now.

Give me an offer. How much? If you're not willing to code for me, fuck off.

To do this without access to CB's back end you have to use CB's api. so you can use either
the xml, json OR yaml versions of the api.

If you want random pulls from all available with the particular tag then you have to read through the entire api each time. If you just want the first 6 or 7 of the tag then it may or may not need to go through the entire feed.

You also will want to parse on gender I would imagine to help shield against people using bullshit tags.

So you need an api load that can go through the entire feed every time it loads. You will only want to load every now and again, like every 5 minutes. You do not want to load the full api every time the widget gets hit.

That needs to either write your data to files or store it in a db so you can reuse it.

So that requires a cron job for refreshing the api load on a regular basis.

So, so far 1 script for pulling and storing the api load and a cron job set up to run it.

You could have the same script write the files for the widget. If you are going to run more than one version at a time then you need a naming convention that you can use to pull the right files.

Or you can pull from the database each time you load the page so the widget can be different user to user with a different set of models.

If you do the latter then that is a second script. If you do the former it adds complexity to the api pull and load script.

Then, of course, you need a little bit of html and css coding in order to stylize your widget to look the way you want.

And then of course there is all the other stuff that you might be thinking that I have not hit yet.

Throw in testing and debug and you are wll over an hour or two unless you are expecting the developer to develop on top of something that they already have. For example, I would probably use an xml load that I developed that eats through the entire api, parses it out and loads it into the database in between 5 and 10 seconds depending on server load. But you don't get that for $100. That has been developed and refined across a 5 year period. Not sure how many hours are in it but it is very efficient and it is totally custom.

So, that is what I am seeing.

Now, if a developer has access to the CB backend directly then that is a totally different scenario.

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Interesting, thanks for the outline. How can I get in touch with you?

I don't have time to take on anything right now but I can be reached here, or via PM or at sarettah AT hatterasdesigns dot com.

Hope you find a solution.

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contact woj, he is your man, i am not sure when was the last time he was online.

you can contact konrad too, but i guess he is busy man.

good luck.

I can do this.. but as sarettah said...this is not a one or two hour job. It sounds simple enough to you, but there is a lot more to take into consideration. You are going to need to use their api.

Pull the data into a database..then have a script update it every 10 seconds or whatever you feel like. You can filter it anyway you want, but you are not going to want to filter it by TAG. CB does not police tags... performers add tons of tags of which they don't belong in, and you will get models you don't want.

Sound easy? It's not that easy. That's why its a 6 to 10 hour job, but in the long run. you can then use that same database and mod the script pulling the data from that multiple different ways.

Also... I think you've been given some great advice, the likes that people do not want to normally give out. Not sure why you would want to be rude.

I am reluctant on that note, but I would be willing to set you up for $300. That's about $50 an hour for 6 hours and I throw in the other 4 for free if needed.

PM me if you are interested.

Thanks for the recommendations! Appreciate it.

Much appreciated! I don't actually see a PM function here -- is it the "visitor message" thing? Do you have an email address you're okay sharing?

Tags aren't perfect, but for the category I'm dealing with they seem surprisingly reliable.

I have what you want; contact me on skype and I will send you the link.

See sig for skype



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Thanks man! I'll be in touch tomorrow.

OK cool.

All you have to do is choose which tag, which sex and number of models and you can style it anyway you want.

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:thumbsup This is a bit of work :2 cents:

Happy to see you are getting help from blackmonster.

My coding are too dependent of my server setup (cronjob, memcached, php includes, lots of harcodings for my sites... ) so it would be a big job making a generic script out of it, sorry for that. But seems you are already being served by the nice people in this thread. :thumbsup

You've been given good advice so far. saretta in particular really knows his stuff. I'd just like to toss in my 2 cents.

Its not impossible to do all this yourself. If I can do it, teaching myself from not knowing anything about it, anyone can do it. Find a language that you can spend more time developing on, and less time fighting with its syntax and particularities.

CTB's API is an amazing tool that proves endless possibilities. What you do with it is really limited only by your imagination. Basically have your code grab the API, parse it, split the output into its 4 main categories (females, couples, guys, trans) and take it from there. Work with each category separately. This way, its basically impossible for users to see a feed of guys assfucking amongst feeds of females.

You can put each parsed category into their own class arrays or databases. Sort them by viewers, age, followers, location, highest gain viewers, highest gain followers, all the above, or invent something new no one has ever thought of. Again, its limited by your imagination.

I really dislike the vanilla, cookie-cutter appearance of most white labels and affiliate sites. I just do my own thing with it. The ability to code gives me that freedom. I have some loose ends that need to be addressed. And I have so many more ideas I plan on implementing that will increase functionality exponentially. The only problem for me is finding the time to do all these things. Hopefully, holidays will provide the time I need. Coding can take a LONG time, that is certainly no joke. To pay someone by the hour to do it is something I wouldn't even consider, knowing what I know, if I was unable to code.

You seem eager to want to jump right in. In that case, you'd probably be better off just obtaining some vanilla white label and leaving it on auto-pilot. And while that's going on, teach yourself coding. Over time, you can phase out the white label and phase in what you've coded. If you find the possibilities of coding fascinating, instead of burdensome, you'll excel at it.

In any case, best of luck.

I'd wish you luck finding someone to develop your script for you and getting Chaturbate to reimburse your costs, but I'm sure you'll manage both with your cheery disposition.

Just wanted to give a shout out to blackmonsters -- he's put together an amazing solution and we're getting everything finalized now!

Thank you to everyone for the advice (excluding RazorSharpe).

Mr. Sphincter, I have no issue with you excluding me from your thank you parade. You came in here telling, of all people, sarettah, how many hours the script should take to put together. You then suggest that you'll "demand" that Chaturbate reimburse you for this script. And as if that wasn't enough, you then call yourself a developer. That's like me saying I'm a fashionista because I once held a clothes hanger.

Nice to see actual business occurring.

Thank you for the vote of confidence but I ain't all that. I make as many mistakes and misstatements as anybody else, probably more. I am a nobody in this biz.

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What I meant by that is you've actually gotten your hands dirty with the CB API. More than most who aren't selling scripts, I'd guess.

Thanks for the clarification. :thumbsup

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Hi,

My CSB scripts and plugin for the regular already filter by tags. See sig

I might have a play with this later - I would offer it to everyone at X amount though...

I did something like this before for myself - Now I just have to remember where I put the fucking code.....

Just wanted to give another shout out to blackmonsters for putting together a script exactly as needed. There's no database, nothing complicated. Check out his webcam solutions!

Glad to work with you.

Thanks!

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You guys gonna show us the result? Just what the widget looks like, not the code.

thanks in advance.

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It's a sidebar with 5 model thumbnails.
The client can post the link but I should leave that up to him.

I'd rather not link due of privacy concerns. It's as described. I can filter specific usernames (blocking usernames who misuse tags), randomize the results (versus top viewers) and select which tags I want to pull performers from.

I'm very happy with the work!

Of course I would not expect you to reveal a client url without permission. :thumbsup



Sanitized screen print?

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@blackmoster I have a question regarding your script, if I use your script can I still embed articles into the site or I can't?

thanks

There's really nothing I can show that would convey the function of the script. My objective was to obtain a tool that doesn't display gay ass fucking on my site -- Chaturbate can't be bothered to give webmaster's that option which is pretty ridiculous.

It's implemented to display 5 thumbnails, stacked vertically, with text floating on top of each one with "LIVE:" and the performer's name. I can change the number of thumbnails. There's a config file with variables to play around with and, because I paid extra for certain features and also agreed to keep the script to myself, I'd rather not show any of that.

But yeah, it's great in terms of function. I can select male or female (or whatever else), straight or gay, and multiple tags. On top of that, I maintain a list of performers within the config file who shouldn't be using the tag and are blocked from being displayed. Another useful function is randomizing performers instead of pulling them and ordering them by viewership.

So shady :disgust

Chaturbate tags are not reliable. Most performers don't use them, and the ones that do...many abuse them.

How can you be a milf, teen, and black, when you are a blonde white girl?

Besides CB doesn't use tags to filter by age, ethnicity, or sex. If there are 3000 females online and 1/4 are black girls, you are only going to capture 1/32 of them, becuase they don't all use the black or ebony "TAG"

Says the guy with no link in his sig.


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Glad to see that you got the OP fixed up :thumbsup

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