Show Bid Request Very simple cgi redirect script Bid Request Id: 72717 Bookmark in my 'To Do' list Posted by: target234 (8 ratings) (Software buyer rating 10) Non-action Ratio: Above Average - 28.57% Buyer Security Verifications: Excellent Approved on: Jul 11, 2003 9:34:42 PM EDT Bidding Closes: Jul 15, 2003 EDT Viewed (by coders): 214 times Deadline: 7/15/2003 12:29:32 PM (3 days after 7/12/2003 12:29:32 PM) Phase: 100% of work completed and accepted. Coder has been paid. Max Accepted Bid: Bidding is closed Project Type: Very Small Business Project: under $100 (USD) Bidding Type: Open Auction Categories: Perl, PHP Enter chat room for this bid request (0 active users at Sep 13, 2003 12:10:08 AM EDT) Description: This is a **VERY simple** CGI script if you know what you are doing. I want a simple script to redirect ClickBank.com hoplinks on my websites Currently to make a referral through the ClickBank.com affiliate program the affiliate must use an affiliate link that looks like this http://hop.clickbank.net/?[affiliateID]/[merchantID] I want a simple script I can run on my server in the CGI bin that will allow me to change one variable in the script for [merchantID] and upload it to any of my sites The script should then allow anyone with a ClickBank ID to send traffic through a link to my site and have the script activate the cookie from clickbank and then redirect them through the hoplink to my site. Example Affiliate puts this link on their website as their affiliate link http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/a.cgi?[affiliateID] which then redirects through http://hop.clickbank.net/?[affiliateID]/[merchantID] which will then take it from there through the clickbank.net server This is extremely simple... I don't want any bells and whistles. All it needs to do is take the [affiliateID] the affiliate specifies, pair it up with the [merchantID] I specify in the script, put it into the proper Clickbank hoplink format, and then redirect. This script must be simple, it must be FAST, it must be BULLET-PROOF, and it must work every single time! See http://www.clickbank.com/selling.html for more information on ClickBank hoplinks, etc. I want the name of the script to be a.cgi It should default to the default perl path on most servers. It doesn't need a database or anything like that. You should supply complete installation instructions (should be much other than where to replace the [merchantID] variable in the script and what CHMOD permission to place on it.) Deliverables: 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Installation package that will install the software (in ready-to-run condition) on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) Complete ownership and distribution copyrights to all work purchased. Platform: unix or windows server it should work in any cgi-bin Remember that contacting the other party outside of the site (by email, phone, etc.) on all business projects < $500 (before the buyer's money is escrowed) is a violation of both the software buyer and seller agreements. We monitor all site activity for such violations and can instantly expel transgressers on the spot, so we thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you notice a violation please help out the site and report it. Thanks for your help.   Bidding/Comments: All monetary amounts on the site are in United States dollars. Rent a Coder is a closed auction, so coders can only see their own bids and comments. Buyers can view every posting made on their bid requests. See all rejected bids (and all comments) Name   Bid Amount    Date   Coder Rating   Bruno Martins (22 ratings) in Braga, Minho Portugal Bid id: 781,736   $35 (USD) Jul 11, 2003 10:16:40 PM EDT  9.91 (Excellent)     Greetings, my name is Bruno Martins, I am a very experienced perl programmer. I am interested in bidding on your project. I can deliver your job as soon as you choose me for the project, I have got one script that does exacltly the same thing you want, I just have to change the url. I will provide you all the instalation steps, and you will only have to - copy the script to the cgi-bin directory  - chmod 755 a.cgi -  change the merchant id the script works on every server , if you want to run it in a different server you only have to change the first line of the script If you can take a look at my ratings, you can see that I won't let you down Best regards, Bruno Martins This bid was accepted by the buyer! Bruno Martins (22 ratings) in Braga, Minho Portugal Bid id: 781,766   $20 (USD) Jul 11, 2003 10:42:13 PM EDT  9.91 (Excellent)     Hi again, I will low my bid to 20$ you can see the script working the way you want at http://bscm.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/a.cgi?abcd (I just have to chang one thing: it will not print the url, and the redirection will be with no delay. for testing the merchant id is 1234) Bruno Martins           There are 4 private replies to/from Bruno Martins. Click here to view them.