Today a script suddenly stopped returning the correct information. It connected to an external web site that obtained avatar information using curl to load the search result from http://search.secondlife.com/client_search.php which is now returning a blank page.
After some investigation I discovered that search is now re-directed to http://vwrsearch.secondlife.com/client_search.php
I am sure I am not the only one experiencing this problem so hopefully this is of help to others. Also I was under the impression that search.secondlife.com was supposed to be stable, so does anyone have any idea why the new sub-domain?
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ab Vanmoer
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08-26-2009 18:21
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Jesse Barnett
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08-26-2009 18:46
Today a script suddenly stopped working. It connected to an external web site that obtained avatar information using curl to load the search result from http://search.secondlife.com After some investigation I discovered that search is now re-directed to http://vwrsearch.secondlife.com I was under the impression that search.secondlife.com was supposed to be stable, so does anyone have any idea why the new sub-domain? Try it again now. search.secondlife.com is what comes up now. They may have put in a redirect while changing the pages. _____________________
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ab Vanmoer
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08-26-2009 18:54
Thanks Jesse,
I was just editing my post when you replied, the full URL is: http://search.secondlife.com/client_search.php which was, and is still being redirected to: http://vwrsearch.secondlife.com/client_search.php so far it seems to be a permanent change. |
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Darien Caldwell
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08-27-2009 08:41
I am sure I am not the only one experiencing this problem so hopefully this is of help to others. Also I was under the impression that search.secondlife.com was supposed to be stable, so does anyone have any idea why the new sub-domain? It is stable, until they decide to change it.  https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/technology/blog/2009/08/21/searchsecondlifecom--pardon-our-dust For those few developers who have scripted agents pointed at search.secondlife.com, you will likely need to adjust your scripts to work with the new URL and protocol. At this time, we do not support this use case, however, we would like to learn more about it! Please drop me a notecard inworld and tell me about how you use scripts with search.secondlife.com to further your business or projects. Thanks. It really pays to keep up with the blog, *nearly* every change is announced there. _____________________
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ab Vanmoer
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08-27-2009 10:58
Thanks Darien,
That explains it, I really should pay more attention to the blogs. Although it would help if LL had actually specified exactly when and what the change would be. I have been using search.secondlife.com for name2key look up, I am sure I am not the only one, as I didn't want to rely on a 3rd party web site like w-hat.com that could disappear without warning at any time, not thinking that search.secondlife.com would bork first. Does anyone have any suggestions for long term reliable name2key lookup? Thanks, ab |
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Darien Caldwell
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08-27-2009 12:29
I've used search for that purpose too, in the past. It may be worthwhile to drop the blogger a note about your usage, as suggested. Maybe we can get LL to officially support such things. It's certainly needed.
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ab Vanmoer
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08-27-2009 14:07
I have dropped her a note in-world, I will post back here if and when I get a response.
name2key is used by so many people it really is about time that there was some sort of official support. |
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Viktoria Dovgal
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08-27-2009 14:18
Shortly after LL bought Xstreet, they were able to get gift deliveries working for avatars more than a day or so old, so _LL already has name2key up and running_. In the past they said it was a hard problem, but it seems they have a ready made solution to tap into now.
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ab Vanmoer
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08-27-2009 17:46
According to Liana Linden, they do not support external use of the search URLs however they do not prohibit it either.
She seemed to be somewhat surprised to find out that there is a valid use for name2key via the search URLs. She assured me that for the foreseeable future vwrsearch.secondlife.com will be valid and if there are any changes LL will try and provide as much warning as possible. |
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08-27-2009 19:29
I love how they say that they are changing the url and protocol, but then don't detail what those changes are, or how to conform to them (not that many of us can't figure them out, but it certainly leaves the less experienced out in the cold)
any configuration that relies on the viewer method of addressing it should continue to work fine though I suppose... until the next forced update anyway _____________________
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