Hi, On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 10:21:18AM +0100, Pim van Pelt wrote:
| You might want to consider using syncupdates. Create the person objects | from a script, and directly get the results back, without having to | send mail and parse responses. | | Way cool feature.
Indeed!, and as of yet, totally unknown for me :)
*g*
Sorry for being noob, but can you point me to the documentation that provides information on how to use such a direct communication with the ripedb, is it XML based, so that I can telnet into some server and interact directly with the software?
It's not XML based, but uses the same templates and auth mechanisms as the e-mail-interface, and uploads them via HTTP/HTTPS POST to the RIPE DB server. The result is then returned in the same HTTP request. I can't find the specific documentation right now, but sample code is available on http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/tools/list.html, near the end of the page ("Prototype for Synchronous Updates..."). The script itself is here: http://www.ripe.net/db/syncupdates/sup_cli.pl
Are many people using syncupdates ?
We're using it extensively, and it's just what we have been asking for ;-) Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 58081 (57882) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299