instant-messaging library written in C. Developed as part of the Pidgin instant-messaging client, is now used by a dozen projects, including Adium, Meebo and Empathy.
Questions tagged [libpurple]
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What is GSList* in Java-DBus?
how can I create a method in a DBusInterface for purple_find_buddies? Specifically, what do I have to specify as the return type instead of GSList*?

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With the LibPurple chat_add_users callback, how do I get a display image from a PurpleConvChatBuddy?
In the LibPurple chat_add_users callback, you get a list of PurpleConvChatBuddy object's describing all the chat users. What is the best way to get the buddy icon / or user info photo for each of the users?
I can't find any nice way to connect a…

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Setting Pidgin status from .NET
Is there a practical way to set the global status message in Pidgin for Windows from .NET?
Dbus is not available in the Windows version of Pidgin.
Searching SO and the net has revealed helpful tips such as "rewrite libpurple in C#", which might be a…

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Wrap a libpurple plugin for Adium
David G. F. wrote a libpurple Plugin for Whatsapp. I tested it with pidgin and it works for me. Now I try to wrap it for Adium (Issue on github).
I tried to wrap a libpurple plugin for Adium with this post. I can build the plugin and then add it to…

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Pidgin: cannot send messages or set topics in chats via dbus
I would like to send messages to Pidgin chats or set chat topics via dbus. Following this guide I was able to write some pretty straightforward code to do just that, and it does indeed result in messages appearing or chat topics being changed... but…

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Does libpurple media api require pidgin UI to launch video screen?
Does lipurple media API require Pidgin UI to launch video screen? Without pidgin UI just by using libpurple backend media API's can we launch video screen?

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Chat *Server* on Embedded platform
I am currently building a chat server (meebo style).
The architecture is something like this.
Bitlbee over libpurple is on host B. Its a trivial server on data center.
User communicates with bitlbee via web server (just like meebo) on Host A. The…

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Error "SSL peer presented an invalid certificate" on libpurple based connection attempt on ARM
I am using libpurple (libpurple.com) for developing a chat application.
Everything works fine on x86 processor (Desktop)
However, the same code when run on the ARM (iMx Freescale) processor shows error :
"SSL peer presented an invalid certificate",…

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Gaim - How to develop a plugin? (Pidgin)
I need some of your help.
I searched everywhere on the internet, but I could not find how to create a plugin for Gaim, the predecessor of Pidgin.
I do NOT want to create a Pidgin plugin. I want to create a Gaim plugin, but since Gaim is very old,…

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received-im-msg signal message
I want to make a program that logs in few IDs on different protocols, receives the messages and gives answers to different messages (commands).
example:
me: who
bot: I'm a libpurple powered bot.
The code looks like this:
static void…

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python-purple fails with "CRITICAL **: purple_ssl_connect_with_ssl_cn: assertion 'purple_ssl_is_supported()'"
I'm using python-purple to build own chat application with lipburple. When I use Facebook or Hangouts plugin, which require SSL connection, I get the error:
** (process:6574): CRITICAL **: purple_ssl_connect_with_ssl_cn: assertion…

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Error Compiling pidgin on windows
Good day, I have been trying to compile pidgin on Windows 8 for some time now. I have been able to download all necessary files and put them in the correct folders, but when I attempt to use
$ make -f Makefile.mingw install
I get the following:
$…

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Ideas to extend this little project? - A pidgin web ui
I have built a little Web UI for Pidgin(respectively all libpurple based messengers) together with DBus and Sinatra.
It was for fun and learning purposes and now I'm looking for ideas to extend it.
Can you think of any useful applications or…

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