Fabiano the Spy
01-12-2010, 08:38 AM
So I finally decided I needed a break from game design and needed to dig into some PHP again.
I wrote a RapidShare premium link generator.
To explain how it works in "layman's terms", the server logs into a premium account I own. The server then uses the front end website as a way for the user to communicate with the premium account. The server takes the users link and sends it to Rapidshare, which will then kick the server a premium link, which the server passes over to the user.
In other words, the script has a cookie from Rapidshare which allows the server to download as a premium user. The user on the front end benefits on this.
Does the server download the file from Rapidshare and then kick a NEW download link to the user? No, not at all. You're still downloading the file from RapidShare directly, you're just using the server as a relay. Remember, the server is LITERALLY a Premium user.
I'm not going to link it due to the debate that some people consider it illegal. *shrugs*
Please note, that Rapidshare premium link generators are used A LOT. Rapidshare Premium accounts have a bandwidth download limit of 10GB a day. Premium link generators are VERY popular. You'll find a lot of them CAP your downloads to 3 or 10. And even then, by the time you find it, you won't get a successful download because it's out of bandwidth.
To remedy this, I've setup a "content blocker". This content blocker blocks users from using the script unless they fill out a short (often taking no more than 2 minute) survey.
I'm paid per survey, yes. But I'm not making bank, and I'm not really profiting. I'm just covering costs. Most of the generators out there have you set at a download cap. My generator doesn't. Most generators don't have bandwidth by the time you reach it. To counter this, I'm being paid (in theory) each time a user uses the generator. This money goes directly towards bandwidth expansion so that the generator will (hopefully) be up and with bandwidth at all times! ^_^
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I apologize and thanks for reading my own survey.
Code is poetry. :)
Just proud of the work, I suppose. Figured I'd talk about what I've been hammering away at.
Any other coders out there that has done anything like this? It was a heck of a project, and a simple Google search will show you it's in high demand.
I wrote a RapidShare premium link generator.
To explain how it works in "layman's terms", the server logs into a premium account I own. The server then uses the front end website as a way for the user to communicate with the premium account. The server takes the users link and sends it to Rapidshare, which will then kick the server a premium link, which the server passes over to the user.
In other words, the script has a cookie from Rapidshare which allows the server to download as a premium user. The user on the front end benefits on this.
Does the server download the file from Rapidshare and then kick a NEW download link to the user? No, not at all. You're still downloading the file from RapidShare directly, you're just using the server as a relay. Remember, the server is LITERALLY a Premium user.
I'm not going to link it due to the debate that some people consider it illegal. *shrugs*
Please note, that Rapidshare premium link generators are used A LOT. Rapidshare Premium accounts have a bandwidth download limit of 10GB a day. Premium link generators are VERY popular. You'll find a lot of them CAP your downloads to 3 or 10. And even then, by the time you find it, you won't get a successful download because it's out of bandwidth.
To remedy this, I've setup a "content blocker". This content blocker blocks users from using the script unless they fill out a short (often taking no more than 2 minute) survey.
I'm paid per survey, yes. But I'm not making bank, and I'm not really profiting. I'm just covering costs. Most of the generators out there have you set at a download cap. My generator doesn't. Most generators don't have bandwidth by the time you reach it. To counter this, I'm being paid (in theory) each time a user uses the generator. This money goes directly towards bandwidth expansion so that the generator will (hopefully) be up and with bandwidth at all times! ^_^
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I apologize and thanks for reading my own survey.
Code is poetry. :)
Just proud of the work, I suppose. Figured I'd talk about what I've been hammering away at.
Any other coders out there that has done anything like this? It was a heck of a project, and a simple Google search will show you it's in high demand.