EDITED VERSION

If you are wondering if you can assign points from an external PHP script, the answer is yes. Here is how I did it without creating an app.

First I went in Administrator->Components->EasySocial->User Points -> Install and added the following rule file (apps2.points). Code shown below.

[

    {

        "title"         : "Add Quiz Points",

        "alias"         : "add-points",

        "description"   : "Test if I can award points from an external PHP script.",

        "command"       : "apps.addpoints",

        "extension"     : "com_easysocial",

        "state"         : true,

        "points"        : 5

    },

    {

        "title"         : "Remove Quiz Points",

        "alias"         : "remove-points",

        "description"   : "Test if I can remove points from an external PHP script.",

        "command"       : "apps.removepoints",

        "extension"     : "com_easysocial",

        "state"         : true,

        "points"        : -5

    }

]

I checked to make sure that the rule was published in EasySocial then I created an external script called easysocialpoints.php (code shown below).

<?php



/** 

 *  Include EasySocial

 */

require_once( JPATH_ROOT . '/administrator/components/com_easysocial/includes/foundry.php' );

Foundry::points()->assign( 'apps.addpoints' , 'com_easysocial' , $userID ); 

//You will need to include Joomla at the top of this script and you will need to get the value of the logged in user-otherwise this script will not work

?>

Once I ran the code by visiting mywebsite/easysocialpoints.php I checked the profile for the current user and saw that the points had been successfully awarded.

Unfortunately, I'm still not sure how to assign variable points without creating a rule for each different amount that I want to award- not cool.


REFERENCES
http://stackideas.com/docs/easysocial/developers/applications/getting-started
http://stackideas.com/docs/easysocial/developers/points/rule-file
http://stackideas.com/docs/easysocial/developers/points/logging