REST API woes
Roger Kristiansen roger.kristiansen at redpill-linpro.com
Fri Sep 16 17:13:04 CEST 2011
Thanks Denis, I did notice this way of supplying passwords in the API documentation, but I have no idea what password I am supposed to supply or where that password will originate from..? This is prabably bleeding obvious to someone with any domain knowledge, which unfortunately I don't possess yet. Regards, Roger Kind Kristiansen On 09/16/2011 04:56 PM, Denis Walker wrote: > 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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