Remote login and domain authentication

Hello,
First I just want to say that I’m huge fan of s2members. I am using s2members as part of a WP plugin that I am developing. I am actually designing the plugin and I have hired a wordpress developer to do the programming.

My plugin will basically pull free/premium content from my s2member enabled website and display it on their website. This plugin will basically download a zip file (containing the content) from my website, and it will retrieve this file from:

http://www.example.comt/wp-content/plugins/s2member-files/access-s2member-level0/free-file.zip
or
http://www.example.comt/wp-content/plugins/s2member-files/access-s2member-level1/premium-file.zip

…and display the content on their website. I was hoping to implement this by prompting my clients to enter their s2member details straight into the plugin (from within their own website). Basically I am hoping to utilize the same authentication system that you use for the s2Member Pro Module:

http://guidepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/s2member-pro-addon-authentication.png

and also record the client’s domain and display it to my client when they log into my website directly, (just the way it is when I log into s2members.com and view the “Login welcome page”):

http://guidepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/s2members-account-screenshot.png

I believe, this can be done by creating a new custom field (called “domain”) via:

General Options -> Registration/Profile Fields & Options

I can set editability of this field to “No (uneditable and totally invisible during & after registration)”. But I could still display it on the client’s “Login welcome page” using the corresponding shortcode.

I want to be able to to do the exact same thing with my plugin. I think for the remote login, I need to use Remote User Status:

http://www.s2member.com/kb/remote-user-status-custom-api/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+s2member-updates+%28s2Member%C2%AE+Updates%29

Also, do I need to use a cURL based or xml-rpc based approach to this. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Sher

Hello Sher.

Thank you so much for the kudos! We’re glad you’re developing with s2Member. :)

I’ll email Jason your question, in case he has a suggestion to make for your develper.

Hi there. Thanks for your inquiry.

Well, this is getting into some custom coding, so not really within our Support Policy, sorry.
See Also: s2Member® » Support Policy » Fine Lines

General Options -> Registration/Profile Fields & Options
I can set editability of this field to “No (uneditable and totally invisible during & after registration)”. But I could still display it on the client’s “Login welcome page” using the corresponding shortcode.

Yes, that sounds like it should work nicely for you.
See Also: these API docs on the get_user_field() function, which could be used in this scenario.

do I need to use a cURL based or xml-rpc based approach to this

The example that I gave in that KB article, would be considered a RESTful web service API, and I’d recommend cURL or just use file_get_contents() that comes with all installations of PHP.