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[The Defier]

Maybe I could help? (Just being polite, not really offering to help )

(Urgh, now I'm torn between wanting to help and not wanting to help...)

[ShadowLink64]

Well, a way that you *could* help is by running programs that update the database. Right now, the only program publicly available that does this is Neon Autopricer.

[Noitidart]

thats awesome how it shows the obj id!

[Waser Lave]

Have we got any way to get xml pooped out of that thing?

*cough*

[The Defier]

Shadow, I'd like to help now since it's that easy . But I don't get it, how will Neon AP submit its info to you? Does it have a feature like that? (Sorry, haven't read its description thoroughly)

EDIT : Nevermind, I'll just use it. Lol.

Edited by The Defier, 27 February 2008 - 03:36 AM.

[Hydrogen]

*cough*

I'm sure that would be easy to do . In fact...I know that would be easy to do. SL can probably add that in within a few minutes worth of work. I don't want to encroach as it's his project .

Shadow, I'd like to help now since it's that easy . But I don't get it, how will Neon AP submit its info to you? Does it have a feature like that? (Sorry, haven't read its description thoroughly)

EDIT : Nevermind, I'll just use it. Lol.

As the program runs, it submits data back to Neocodex and that's how it helps .

[The Defier]

Yeah, kinda got that just now Lol. Thanks for clearing it up.

[Tailwind]

This has some really amazing potential for the future also. This is only a preliminary show I think but in the future you would be able to see which shops have this item and for what price, when it was last restocked and a bunch of other things necessary for players. You awesome neopets players can help us out with features you would like here .

Again, this is just the beginning of something amazing .

If this could somehow be turned into a SSW I'll love you forever.

[Noitidart]

whats an ssw?

[chalupabatman]

whats an ssw?

I think they are refering to the Super Shop Wizard. The thing that premium players have. I doubt thats possible.

[Tailwind]

I think they are refering to the Super Shop Wizard. The thing that premium players have. I doubt thats possible.

Yeah, pretty much. Minus the not possible part. These guys know how to do the impossible. >O

[Oaken]

It would be great if it were possible.

Our own personal SSW

[Jenna]

It would be great if it were possible.

Our own personal SSW

It should be possible for the wizzards here

[adonis]

It should be possible for the wizzards here

if more users use the programs that add to the data and that data is continually updated then yeah sounds to me like that is exactly what it would become

[Sweeney]

It will never be a SSW.
The sheer number of searches that would be required to keep every item in the database listed at its current minimum price would render the server inaccessable.

Edited by Sunscorch, 27 February 2008 - 03:40 PM.

[Waser Lave]

Yeah it won't be possible to make a SSW per se, maybe just a regular Shop Wiz.

[ShadowLink64]

*cough*

It's been there for ages.

http://items.neocode.../api/lookup.xml

The input is just encrypted right now with sessions and encoding but that is easily removable to accept object IDs through the URL with some kind of delimeter.

[Waser Lave]

Uh.. it's been there for ages.

http://items.neocodex.us/api/req.xml
(URL fuxed, one sec, finding correct one)

The input is just encrypted right now but that is easily removable to accept item names through the URL with some kind of delimeter.

Yeah I meant one that isn't amazingly complicated to get information out of.

[ShadowLink64]

Shadow, I'd like to help now since it's that easy . But I don't get it, how will Neon AP submit its info to you? Does it have a feature like that? (Sorry, haven't read its description thoroughly)

EDIT : Nevermind, I'll just use it. Lol.

It automatically communicates with the server once your shop is priced. Rest assured, all it sends us is the pricing for the items you have priced (manually priced items do not get updated in the database).

Yeah I meant one that isn't amazingly complicated to get information out of.

What do you have in mind? Passing object IDs in the URL isn't that complicated. Is that what you had in mind, because since our PHP lookup is public, i can remove this encryption shiat and keep it only for updating pricing.

[Waser Lave]

It automatically communicates with the server once your shop is priced. Rest assured, all it sends us is the pricing for the items you have priced (manually priced items do not get updated in the database).


What do you have in mind? Passing object IDs in the URL isn't that complicated. Is that what you had in mind, because since our PHP lookup is public, i can remove this encryption shiat and keep it only for updating pricing.

Just search by item name would do for now, just like the current one but outputting in xml.

(if you just use regex to accept only alphanumeric, spaces, -, /, (, ) and % for input I think that covers all the characters in item names)

Edited by Laser Wave, 27 February 2008 - 04:05 PM.

[ShadowLink64]

Just search by item name would do for now, just like the current one but outputting in xml.

(if you just use regex to accept only alphanumeric, spaces, -, /, (, ) and % for input I think that covers all the characters in item names)

Hmm, yeah. I will also make it accept object ID for future purposes, but I am alright with item name. I'll be done this in 15 minutes, since its mostly done for me already.

[Waser Lave]

Hmm, yeah. I will also make it accept object ID for future purposes, but I am alright with item name. I'll be done this in 15 minutes, since its mostly done for me already.

May as well add shop ids and rarities searching for when you get around to getting those in the database too while you're at it.

[Hydrogen]

You guys are going to make this thing amazing .

[ShadowLink64]

Well, the search got a whole lot better. Thanks Laser!

[Waser Lave]

Well, the search got a whole lot better. Thanks Laser!

When you click on one of the owners in the list at the bottom it automatically adds their username to your clipboard btw, so you can just paste it to find them.