[db-wg] person objects update

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 10:21:18AM +0100, Pim van Pelt wrote:
> | You might want to consider using syncupdates.  Create the person objects
> | from a script, and directly get the results back, without having to
> | send mail and parse responses.
> | 
> | Way cool feature.
>
> Indeed!, and as of yet, totally unknown for me :) 

*g*

> Sorry for being noob, but
> can you point me to the documentation that provides information on how
> to use such a direct communication with the ripedb, is it XML based, so
> that I can telnet into some server and interact directly with the software?

It's not XML based, but uses the same templates and auth mechanisms
as the e-mail-interface, and uploads them via HTTP/HTTPS POST to the
RIPE DB server.  The result is then returned in the same HTTP request.

I can't find the specific documentation right now, but sample code
is available on http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/tools/list.html,
near the end of the page ("Prototype for Synchronous Updates...").

The script itself is here: http://www.ripe.net/db/syncupdates/sup_cli.pl

> Are many people using syncupdates ?

We're using it extensively, and it's just what we have been asking for ;-)

Gert Doering
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