[opensource-dev] Client-side scripting REST/HTTP doc sample

[Nexii Malthus]

Very cool Dzonatas!

Now If only I could get snowglobe to compile, I'll try out OpenSource
Obscure's build instructions as well.

- Nexii

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Dzonatas Sol <dzonatas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you. I've tried to keep it simple and minimal for everybody.
>
> For example:
>
> $ wget http://localhost:50140/Agent/Groups
>
> <llsd><array><uuid>...
>
> etc
>
> Earlier today I considered a way to keep a passive connection open, so
> that one can easily access the viewer from shell scripts. It's not hard
> for me to re-enable so one can do as you request. It would be simple to
> add a controlgroup variable to either require an "/Interface/Connect"
> method performed or not. The "/Interface/Connect" method is there to
> enable a simple secure session, yet easy to disable for tests or to
> access the raw HTTP from tools like wget. The "/Interface/Connect" sets
> a cookie for the session and tries to establish an active socket between
> the viewer and script. I have already planned to eventually remove the
> active socket and only have the passive http interface. I'll post more
> unix shell script samples when this is done.
>
>
> Brent Tubbs wrote:
> > That looks very neat!
> >
> > SNOW-375 talks a lot about the MonoVida viewer, but I don't see any
> > mention of that in your email below. �Is MonoVida needed to try this
> > out? �I'm interested in just poking at the REST interface a bit with
> > some raw http.
> >
> > I'll see if Opensource Obscure's build instructions on that page still
> > work. �If I can get the latest SG + this patch working, I'd be
> > interested in helping to develop this further.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Dzonatas Sol <dzonatas at gmail.com
> > <mailto:dzonatas at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Here is a sample of the REST/HTTP doc for SNOW-375.
> >
> >     SNOW-375 adds a HTTP server in the viewer to be easily accessible
> >     by any
> >     process or client-side script in a language agnostic manner.
> >
> >     I posted this here to hopefully encourage forward movement in
> >     client-side scripting and to avoid the backpedal and reinventions.
> >
> >     Note: This is tried, tested, and works. This is not just "talk" or
> >     made-up documentation.
> >
> >     +++++++++++++
> >
> >     SNOW-375: REST/HTTP URI patterns and response summary as of March
> 2010
> >
> >     All names that appears in angle brackets, <>, are variable.
> >
> >     Note full URI paths used, yet these don't include the
> >     "http://host:port/" designation.
> >
> >     Example URI: http://localhost:50140/ControlGroup/SavedSettings
> >
> >     All responses are wrapped in LLSD (examples not included in this
> doc).
> >
> >     Most of these use the GET method, and combined/burst throughput
> >     via the
> >     POST method.
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /ControlGroup
> >
> >     Response is a list of control groups.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /ControlGroup/<group>
> >
> >     Response is a list of valid variables in a controlgroup with default
> >     settings
> >
> >     <group> is currently either "SavedSettings" or
> >     "SavedPerAccountSettings"
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /ControlGroup/<group>/<identifier>
> >
> >     Response is a detailed and update of current settings for the
> specific
> >     variable identified.
> >
> >     <group> is currently either "SavedSettings" or
> >     "SavedPerAccountSettings"
> >     <identifier> is a valid variable name from one of the variable
> control
> >     groups.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /Agent/Groups
> >
> >     Response is a list with details of groups joined by the connected
> >     agent.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /AvatarTracker/Friends
> >
> >     Response is the UUID list of the agent's friends and basic status
> >     of each.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /AvatarTracker/Friend/<uuid>
> >
> >     Response is a detailed relationship information for a specified
> >     friend UUID.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /GestureManager/Items
> >
> >     Response is a list of UUID of active gestures.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /GestureManager/Item/<uuid>
> >
> >     Response is the details of a MultiGesture structure for the UUID
> >     specified.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /Inventory/Item/<uuid>
> >
> >     Response is the details of an inventory item specified by the UUID.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /Inventory/Root
> >
> >     Response is the UUID of the root inventory folder.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /Inventory/Category/<uuid>
> >
> >     Response is the UUIDs of the descendant categories and items of the
> >     specified UUID.
> >
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /Asset/Notecard/<uuid>
> >
> >     Response is the notecard item specified by UUID converted to XML
> >     format
> >     (rather than 'linden notecard format').
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /Interface/Connect
> >
> >     POST: Attempt to negotiate a connection to enable the above
> resources.
> >     * Details of connection steps not included in this doc.
> >
> >     ----------------------------
> >     /AvatarTracker/Friend/s
> >     /GestureManager/Item/s
> >     /Inventory/Item/s
> >     /Inventory/Category/s
> >
> >     POST: List of UUIDs for combined query, as above where <uuid> is
> >     replace
> >     with just an "s".
> >     Response: List of combined queries as if each item is an individual
> >     responses to each UUID.
> >
> >
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