Access denied when not logged in? How to check

[ChristianAlfredsson]

This code connects to vBulletin 6 from non-vb page

This code is first

$vbpath = 'forum';
require_once($vbpath . '/includes/vb5/autoloader.php');
vB5_Autoloader::register($vbpath);
require_once($vbpath . '/includes/vb5/config.php');​  

that workes fine if user is logged in or not. This line gets access denied if user is not logged in.

$api = Api_InterfaceAbstract::instance();  

is there a way to check if user is logged in or not? Then I can do an if around and ask them to login.

[glennrocksvb]

Check this blog post from a vB dev. The way you init the config is different than their code. It also has the same API instantiation code that is done during login which indicates it works even if user is logged out.

https://forum.vbulletin.com/blogs/david-grove/4327147-how-to-log-into-vbulletin-from-an-external-script-on-your-website

[ChristianAlfredsson]

Here is two ways to get userid. The code you linked to had the cookie way. I would like to use api and check

//API way
    $api = Api_InterfaceAbstract::instance();
    $userInfo = $api->callApi('user', 'fetchProfileInfo', array($userid));
    $userid = $userInfo['userid'];
    echo "Userid: " . $userid;

//Cookie way
    $userid = vB5_Cookie::get('userid', vB5_Cookie::TYPE_UINT);
    $hash = vB5_Cookie::get('password', vB5_Cookie::TYPE_STRING);

    echo "Userid: " . $userid;​

[glennrocksvb]

Did you try changing the way you init/load the config.php to how it's done in the blog post? Maybe you just need to init the config properly. I don't see any reason why the code Api_InterfaceAbstract::instance() would fail for guest users. In the forum itself, that line of code is being executed everywhere for all users, logged in or not, without any issues.