[Uservoice] automate the votes

[DarkZe 77]

Hi there.

 

I recently bought a new mobile phone with Windows Phone 8 and I discovered it cannot share Internet connexion through USB (tethering).

Microsoft actively checks the website windowsphone.uservoice.com to discuss with the users asking new features.

 

I wrote this script to powerlevel a little bit the vote for this feature

It obviously can be adapted for other votes on Uservoice.

Be careful: the website blocks after x votes with the same IP address. Don't be surprise you cannot post more than 20 votes at a time.

using System;using System.IO;using System.Net;using System.Text;using System.Text.RegularExpressions;using System.Threading;namespace Uservoice{    class Program    {        // ###############################        // #          Settings           #        // ###############################        // Url corresponding to the public page for voting        private const string UrlOfTheVote = "http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/3581775-usb-tethering";        // Url used by Uservoice to increase the number of vote (just substitute the numbers from the previous url)        private const string UrlOfTheAjaxRequest = "http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/api/v1/forums/101801/suggestions/3581775/votes.json";        // Url for managing sessions        private const string UrlOfTheSessions = "http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/session";        // The number of the suggestion (first number in the url above)        private const int SuggestionNumber = 101801;        // Time between vote        private static readonly TimeSpan _timeBetweenVote = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);        /// <summary>        /// The entry-point with an infinite loop.        /// </summary>        /// <remarks>Written by DarkZe.</remarks>        static void Main()        {            uint counter = 0;            while (true)            {                counter++;                Console.Write("Vote #{0} in progress... ", counter);                Vote();                Console.WriteLine("done");                Thread.Sleep(_timeBetweenVote);            }        }        /// <summary>        /// Automates votes on Uservoice.com.        /// </summary>        /// <remarks>Written by DarkZe.</remarks>        private static void Vote()        {            // ###############################            // #     Get the identifiers     #            // ###############################            var cookies = new CookieContainer();            var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(UrlOfTheVote);            request.CookieContainer = cookies;            string csrfToken;            using (var response = request.GetResponse())            {                var regex = new Regex("<meta name=\"csrf-token\" content=\"(.*)\"/>");                csrfToken = regex.Match((new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())).ReadToEnd()).Groups[1].Value;            }            // ###############################            // #  Authenticate the session   #            // ###############################            request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(UrlOfTheSessions);            request.CookieContainer = cookies;            var random = new Random();            var data = string.Format("site2=1&forum_id={0}&display_name=str{1}&email={1}%40hotmail.com", SuggestionNumber, random.Next(100000, 999999));            var encodedData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);            request.Method = "POST";            request.ContentLength = encodedData.Length;            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8";            request.Headers.Add("X-CSRF-Token", csrfToken);            using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())            {                stream.Write(encodedData, 0, encodedData.Length);            }            request.GetResponse().Dispose();            // ###############################            // #       Submit the vote       #            // ###############################            request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(UrlOfTheAjaxRequest);            request.CookieContainer = cookies;            data = "to=3&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_consumer_key=1aEpNly5pjcYOpC7L4FXag";            encodedData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);            request.Method = "POST";            request.ContentLength = encodedData.Length;            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8";            request.Headers.Add("X-CSRF-Token", csrfToken);            using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())            {                stream.Write(encodedData, 0, encodedData.Length);            }            request.GetResponse().Dispose();        }    }}

Enjoy.

~ DarkZe

[VIP 13]

Regex for html is stupid way for this task. Use should use string operations for that

[DarkZe 77]

Nitpicky huh?

The search operation with regex takes less than 1ms in this case, so it's perfectly acceptable. Obviously, you are free to take and modify the code like you feel.

[VIP 13]

Will make this multithreaded and tweak a bit tomorrow.

Looks like CMP github repo will be active again

[DarkZe 77]

Votes are limited to 20 per IP. So unfortunately, multithreaded won't help you more, unless you planned to use some proxies.

[VIP 13]

Votes are limited to 20 per IP. So unfortunately, multithreaded won't help you more, unless you planned to use some proxies.

Added proxy support to this

Will publish soon

UPD

I need your permesion to pusblish with CC license, so you should grant me it .

[Pnurt 186]

As a newbie at programming I found this interesting and instructive

 

Thanks

[VIP 13]

As a newbie at programming I found this interesting and instructive

 

Thanks

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[DarkZe 77]

Added proxy support to this

Will publish soon

UPD

I need your permesion to pusblish with CC license, so you should grant me it .

If you quote my name in the project, I give you my permission.

Edit: You can quote me like this: DarkZe@CodeMplosion