REST API woes
Denis Walker denis at ripe.net
Fri Sep 16 16:56:02 CEST 2011
Dear Roger Kind Kristiansen, I am assuming your question is "how to get the required password 'into the update engine' to perform updates?" Passwords are sent as HTTP parameters, for example https://lab.db.ripe.net/whois/modify/<source>/<object-type>/<primary-key>?password=... regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group On 16/09/11:38 3:58 PM, Roger Kristiansen wrote: > The first part of this question can be disregarded, as I got > confirmation that the server is indeed down ATM. > > Still wondering about the password, though, so.. anyone? :-) > > Regards, > Roger Kind Kristiansen > > > On 09/16/2011 03:16 PM, Roger Kristiansen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> First of all: I'm not sure if this is the correct mailing list for >> questions regarding the Database REST API. If it isn't then I'm sorry, >> and I hope you might point me in the right direction. >> >> I am in need of API access to the RIPE database, both for querying and >> updating. I have been looking at the REST API documented at >> http://labs.ripe.net/ripe-database/database-api/api-documentation. >> >> I can connect, but I am unable to get a response from the >> lab.db.ripe.net server. No error or anything else. I'm accessing the >> server from the address 193.69.55.146. >> >> Here's one example, using curl on one of your example URLs: >> >> $ curl -v http://lab.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/RIPE-DBM-MNT >> * About to connect() to lab.db.ripe.net port 80 (#0) >> * Trying 193.0.19.31... connected >> * Connected to lab.db.ripe.net (193.0.19.31) port 80 (#0) >>> GET /whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/RIPE-DBM-MNT HTTP/1.1 >>> User-Agent: curl/7.21.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.21.3 >> OpenSSL/0.9.8o zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18 >>> Host: lab.db.ripe.net >>> Accept: */* >>> >> >> .. then nothing. Anyone know what might be wrong here? >> >> Also I'm not quite sure where or how to get the required password to >> perform updates. Any pointers? Would be much appreciated. :-) >> >> >> Regards, >> Roger Kind Kristiansen >> >
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