Archive for the ‘XML-RPC’ Category
Class Proposal
I'm all about the communication. No, not that kind of communication, but communication in and out of the SL world. XMLRPC and HTTP Requests. That's the fun stuff. I've done a lot of it, and I'm doing a lot with it. So I'm thinking of teaching a class on it. Let's see, what would we cover?
- What's the difference between a remote data channel and an HTTP request?
- How to open a data channel
- Sending XML-RPC calls from an external source (PHP)
- How to send HTTP requests
- Responding to HTTP requests from an external source (PHP)
That could probably fill an hour. What do you think, sound interesting? Am I missing a topic (that won't run me two plus hours to get into)? Or perhaps, should there be multiple but more detailed classes?
Or maybe I should just give up and admit that I don't have time for it.
It’s Alive
The new status indicator is working! There's still work to be done to check off all of the planned items, but it's now much leaner, cleaner, and faster. Included now is a web form which you can use to configure the link to paste into your website (click the HUD for instructions).
Lesson learned: The SL dataserver is sometimes *very* slow to indicate offline status. I spent far too long thinking my code was busted only to realize that the dataserver simply wasn't updating properly.
Ask and ye shall receive…
…or beware what you ask for?
Thanks to those that have responded either here or in-world. I will contact you when I've got the next step prepped and ready. Torley provided some great feedback the other day and I'm deep in the middle of a rewrite, so things are a bit broken. 
Need details?
Help!
Ok, I know there's about 4 of you that read this, and I've already got 3 of you helping me, but now I need a few more. Guess I need to expand my readership.Â
If you're interested in a programmable online status indicator for your website and feel like doing some beta testing, please let me know. I've got a few more ideas up my sleeve and I need a few people to test things out. Respond here (be sure to tell me your SL name) or contact me in-world and I'll set you up. Thank you!
MeraTech
A couple of successes to note today:
- My status indicator/setter HUD now auto-updates. Well, it can now determine if you're using an old one and auto-send you a new one, if so.
- I've implemented a song-request-line to fill a need that Dolmere brought up recently. It allows certain users to post their iTunes XML playlist and then present that to anyone viewing the site. You can then click on a song to make a request, which will be sent into the SL world to notify the appropriate person of the request. If they're offline…no request is sent, sorry.
Not a bad night. More ideas are flowing, so more will will be done shortly.