php / WP programmer needed

SageSound · 16th Nov 2014, 01:21 PM

I'm looking for someone to help me with a fairly simple programming task that uses WP mainly as a framework.

1) finish adapting a WP plugin to work for testing. It's simply an admin panel, nothing else. It needs to save/recall a couple of API access settings, allow you to enter some text, click a button, send the text to another server via an API call, get back the result, save it to disk (which is done via the API, actually), then save an entry to a MySQL record that maps the text string to the resulting saved filename. It then renders the file. Work is about half complete. Also, I need to have a scrolling window that's updated periodically displaying a log of activity going through this interface (think of a 'tail -f' command that's updated inside a TEXTBOX in the admin panel in real-time).

2) Similar to the above, but create an independent php script that does the same thing, only using a REST interface that needs to be created that calls the same code as the Admin functions. For this task, no authentication is needed. (I want to be able to see this activity in the Admin log window as well. Preferably, the Admin logic will be the same code called by the REST interface.) The files mentioned above will need to be sent to this client script. (The access in the Admin panel above doesn't require them to be sent anywhere.)

NOTE: the files will need to be saved above public_html, out of reach of browsers, then downloaded to the client through a php script. This isn't hard if you know how to do it, but I'm surprised that some folks don't understand it. Also, this mechanism needs to be built to transparently accommodate a switch to a cloud storage scheme, like EC3, or even a mixture of several storage sources. This shouldn't be difficult if you anticipate it in advance.

3) Add user validation to the REST interface that works with WP's Users table. This will eventually be managed as a membership kind of thing, and the incoming requests need to be validated against the membership data. Ultimately, this same interface will be used by mobile apps to submit these same types of requests.

This is 1-2 day's work for anybody who's done related stuff before.

FYI: this is for something in the "proof-of-concept" stage. It does NOT need to be bullet-proof or fully production-quality. It just needs to work and handle normal use-case exceptions.

-David

v2informatics · 17th Nov 2014, 01:11 AM

Add me up on skype so that we can discuss further .

SageSound · 17th Nov 2014, 10:57 AM

I'm expecting people to ask me questions about this. What I'm getting is long lists of projects companies have completed that bear little if any relation to what I need, and requests to spend time one-on-one when I have no idea if you even understand what I'm asking about.

This is not a huge website. It's a very simple, specific thing that needs to be done. There is no visual component to it, so all of your fancy awards in web design are irrelevant!

So why am I getting pitches from developers as if it's something else?

If you want to discuss this with me, then DISCUSS IT! ASK QUESTIONS! Let me know you have some clue what I'm even talking about first.

Imagine going into a restaurant for lunch, and instead of a menu they send out their marketing person who lists off a huge laundry list of all the dishes they've cooked for dignitaries, all the fancy tools they have in their kitchen, and how many people their head chef has taught in culinary school. You're sitting there wondering, "can I just get someone to talk to me about what I can order for lunch?"

I'm HERE! TALK TO ME ABOUT MY PROJECT NEEDS!!! In terms of MY project.

What questions do you have about this?

premiumwebtechnologies · 17th Nov 2014, 03:09 PM

So basically you want someone to finish WP plugin and then convert it into a standalone script that uses a REST interface. Also for the WP plugin you want a scrolling window.

Then lastly add user validation to the REST interface and link it to the WP users table.

Converting the plugin to a standalone script shouldn't be a problem, it just depends on how many "native" wordpress calls are made. With regards to the REST interface that certainly isn't a problem as I've used and written REST interfaces and I'm talking proper REST interfaces, not just RESTful.

Please PM me if you want to discuss further.

SageSound · 17th Nov 2014, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by premiumwebtechnologies

So basically you want someone to finish WP plugin and then convert it into a standalone script that uses a REST interface.

Well, not exactly. The plugin is started, but you're free to start over. It kinda works, but the last guy kept trying to make shortcuts that make it not too useful. He also sold himself as a "DB expert" of sorts, then proceeded to create a table with no primary index, and then couldn't figure out what to do with all of the duplicate keys that had accumulated since he wasn't doing the proper search first. Some of the code may be useful, but some is definitely trash.

The Admin panel is simply for testing, as well as modifying login certs for the 3rd party site that needs to be used.

What I'm thinking is that the logic in the testing part would be calling the same code that will be called by the REST interface. So you can develop that logic first, then write a standalone php script that calls it via REST.

(People seem to have a tough time with what I'm doing here ... it's only a "plugin" in as far as it's using Wordpress for resources and some simple stuff, so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. But it's not doing much else with Wordpress.)

Ultimately, I'll have a mobile app that will be calling this same REST API, which is why I need the user validation. But a standalone php script will serve to exercise the 3rd-party and middle-tier part. It's just for testing, tho.

Here are links to a couple of form mockups for the Admin page and standalone test client.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aiiim1cvg...KoVWZzaDa?dl=0

Does that help?

-David

PS: the test client only needs to display that status of activities that IT is doing, not the same as what's shown in the Admin form. (The Admin form would show ALL incoming activity, at least initially.) It's mainly just debugging traces to show what's going on.

premiumwebtechnologies · 17th Nov 2014, 07:02 PM

I think it would be best to develop the REST api first and then update the plugin to use the REST api. The standalone php script would of course use the same REST api.

SageSound · 17th Nov 2014, 07:28 PM

Whatever works.

rts2271 · 24th Nov 2014, 08:32 AM

Building it as a standalone is solid, It's easy to integrate a known good script into WP. Diagnosing a integration and dev project at the same time can be a pita.

Syssolution · 2nd Dec 2014, 07:34 PM

Please sent me a invite on skype so we can discuss further. My skype id is syssolution.

anupamrekha · 29th Dec 2014, 02:36 AM

I have two php developers in my offfice. let me know if you still need the job done.

16th Nov 2014, 01:21 PM	#1
SageSound Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 671 Thanks: 77 Thanked 165 Times in 104 Posts	php / WP programmer needed Share on: I'm looking for someone to help me with a fairly simple programming task that uses WP mainly as a framework. 1) finish adapting a WP plugin to work for testing. It's simply an admin panel, nothing else. It needs to save/recall a couple of API access settings, allow you to enter some text, click a button, send the text to another server via an API call, get back the result, save it to disk (which is done via the API, actually), then save an entry to a MySQL record that maps the text string to the resulting saved filename. It then renders the file. Work is about half complete. Also, I need to have a scrolling window that's updated periodically displaying a log of activity going through this interface (think of a 'tail -f' command that's updated inside a TEXTBOX in the admin panel in real-time). 2) Similar to the above, but create an independent php script that does the same thing, only using a REST interface that needs to be created that calls the same code as the Admin functions. For this task, no authentication is needed. (I want to be able to see this activity in the Admin log window as well. Preferably, the Admin logic will be the same code called by the REST interface.) The files mentioned above will need to be sent to this client script. (The access in the Admin panel above doesn't require them to be sent anywhere.) NOTE: the files will need to be saved above public_html, out of reach of browsers, then downloaded to the client through a php script. This isn't hard if you know how to do it, but I'm surprised that some folks don't understand it. Also, this mechanism needs to be built to transparently accommodate a switch to a cloud storage scheme, like EC3, or even a mixture of several storage sources. This shouldn't be difficult if you anticipate it in advance. 3) Add user validation to the REST interface that works with WP's Users table. This will eventually be managed as a membership kind of thing, and the incoming requests need to be validated against the membership data. Ultimately, this same interface will be used by mobile apps to submit these same types of requests. This is 1-2 day's work for anybody who's done related stuff before. FYI: this is for something in the "proof-of-concept" stage. It does NOT need to be bullet-proof or fully production-quality. It just needs to work and handle normal use-case exceptions. -David

17th Nov 2014, 01:11 AM	#2
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17th Nov 2014, 10:57 AM	#3
SageSound Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 671 Thanks: 77 Thanked 165 Times in 104 Posts	Re: php / WP programmer needed Share on: I'm expecting people to ask me questions about this. What I'm getting is long lists of projects companies have completed that bear little if any relation to what I need, and requests to spend time one-on-one when I have no idea if you even understand what I'm asking about. This is not a huge website. It's a very simple, specific thing that needs to be done. There is no visual component to it, so all of your fancy awards in web design are irrelevant! So why am I getting pitches from developers as if it's something else? If you want to discuss this with me, then DISCUSS IT! ASK QUESTIONS! Let me know you have some clue what I'm even talking about first. Imagine going into a restaurant for lunch, and instead of a menu they send out their marketing person who lists off a huge laundry list of all the dishes they've cooked for dignitaries, all the fancy tools they have in their kitchen, and how many people their head chef has taught in culinary school. You're sitting there wondering, "can I just get someone to talk to me about what I can order for lunch?" I'm HERE! TALK TO ME ABOUT MY PROJECT NEEDS!!! In terms of MY project. What questions do you have about this?

17th Nov 2014, 03:09 PM	#4
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17th Nov 2014, 07:28 PM	#7
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