Welcome to the Second Life Forums Archive

These forums are CLOSED. Please visit the new forums HERE

Find an avatar's key # by entering the name?
Leyah Renegade
Live Musician
Join date: 2 Nov 2006
Posts: 125
06-26-2009 05:51
Is there a way to find out the key # of an avatar by their name, if the avatar is not currently logged in? I have a database app linked to SL which uses the key to identify a user. I'd like to be able to "pre-setup" a user before they log on, and give them an account in our system, etc.
Celty Westwick
Registered User
Join date: 24 Jun 2006
Posts: 145
06-26-2009 05:58
You might look at this thread:

/54/9f/303621/1.html

See if that helps :)
Void Singer
Int vSelf = Sing(void);
Join date: 24 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,973
06-26-2009 07:31
also check out their new terse results... makes life grand (and they also make their database available at page bottom) http://w-hat.com/name2key
_____________________
|
| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected"
| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and
| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion
|
| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks.
| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link...
| -
Leyah Renegade
Live Musician
Join date: 2 Nov 2006
Posts: 125
06-26-2009 08:02
From: Void Singer
also check out their new terse results... makes life grand (and they also make their database available at page bottom) http://w-hat.com/name2key


Awesome! Thank you!
Sindy Tsure
Will script for shoes
Join date: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 4,103
06-26-2009 08:05
Can also use http://search.secondlife.com/search.php? . The url for their profile contains their key.
_____________________
Sick of sims locking up every time somebody TPs in? Vote for SVC-3895!!!
- Go here: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-3895
- If you see "if you were logged in.." on the left, click it and log in
- Click the "Vote for it" link on the left
Void Singer
Int vSelf = Sing(void);
Join date: 24 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,973
06-26-2009 09:14
From: Sindy Tsure
Can also use http://search.secondlife.com/search.php? . The url for their profile contains their key.

if the profile shows up... sometimes it doesn't. there are names that have profiles that aren't blocked that don't come up via search... why I dunno, indexing criteria not passed, or some other problem, I really couldn't guess.
_____________________
|
| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected"
| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and
| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion
|
| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks.
| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link...
| -
Leyah Renegade
Live Musician
Join date: 2 Nov 2006
Posts: 125
06-26-2009 12:00
I'll keep that URL bookmarked too! In any case, I found the key I needed through w-hat and my client was happy. :) Thanks again!
Jesse Barnett
500,000 scoville units
Join date: 21 May 2006
Posts: 4,160
06-26-2009 12:54
It is also built into the Greenlife viewer. Key shows up on top of their profile page.
_____________________
I (who is a she not a he) reserve the right to exercise selective comprehension of the OP's question at anytime.
From: someone
I am still around, just no longer here. See you across the aisle. Hope LL burns in hell for archiving this forum
Innula Zenovka
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1,825
06-27-2009 04:02
This routine, which was borked for a long time, is now working again:http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Name2Key_in_LSL It's a lot quicker, I find, than w-hat, and returns results for avatars who haven't, for whatever reason, found their way onto the w-hat database.

The Cool Viewer gives keys, too, on people's profiles, only hidden away at the bottom of the "notes" tab.
Void Singer
Int vSelf = Sing(void);
Join date: 24 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,973
06-27-2009 04:57
From: Innula Zenovka
This routine, which was borked for a long time, is now working again:http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Name2Key_in_LSL It's a lot quicker, I find, than w-hat, and returns results for avatars who haven't, for whatever reason, found their way onto the w-hat database.

The Cool Viewer gives keys, too, on people's profiles, only hidden away at the bottom of the "notes" tab.

so have they cleaned up the indexing problem I mentioned above? because I've found a few avs that weren't findable in the past via that method despite having available profiles.
_____________________
|
| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected"
| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and
| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion
|
| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks.
| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link...
| -
Innula Zenovka
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1,825
06-27-2009 09:34
From: Void Singer
so have they cleaned up the indexing problem I mentioned above? because I've found a few avs that weren't findable in the past via that method despite having available profiles.
I really don't know.. I haven't tested it extensively but I've used it to find several uuids that weren't available from w-hat, and I've yet to feed it a name and not get back a result.
Void Singer
Int vSelf = Sing(void);
Join date: 24 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,973
06-27-2009 10:16
From: Innula Zenovka
I really don't know.. I haven't tested it extensively but I've used it to find several uuids that weren't available from w-hat, and I've yet to feed it a name and not get back a result.

I'll have to dig up my test names and check... it'd be nice if so, since I prefer not to add keys from visitor logs to anyone's databases, just on principle of minimal work done.
_____________________
|
| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected"
| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and
| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion
|
| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks.
| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link...
| -