UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? programatically create a post

I have some external PHP code which implements a simple classified ads system.

What I'd like to be able to do is:

a) When a user creates a new ad, I'd like to automagically create a post in a forum where the ad can be discussed.

b) When a user viewing the ad wants to discuss the ad, they can press a button (or link) and be taken to the view of the appropriate thread.

So, what I'd like to know is how to create a new post from within an external app (assuming the user has been authenticated with Threads), which will return me enough information to be able to reference that post later (ie post #, board id, etc) ?

Thanks.

a)
Have a look at newpost.php, newpost.tpml and addpost.php. There you'll find all needed input params which are needed for a new posting/thread.
Make sure that your external php script generates that info and handles that over to the addpost.php or use the addpost.php script as a start to create your own script.

b)
All you need is the id of the post after it has been insterted into the database. You can modify addpost.php to grab that after the insert statement.
Then it's just putting together the url: http://www.yourboard.com/showflat.php?Number=XXXXX

Thanks for the pointers - I'll take a look!