Extended Search Query

[freguz]

I would like to have, and gladly pay for, some extended search options that just return xml data (or plain text string).

Imagine the following....
I send just an array with player-names, like "Iceman,Buffy,Ranger" as the searchQuery, just like an "instant-buddy-list".

And the response would be just a string (or xml items) within the same range, like "212.112.60.02,-1,172.220.90.130", if player is online - show IP, else show -1 (or nothing at all, null, 0, or whatever).

Depending how cpu-consuming this request would be, there is always a possibility to add more data into the response, like game/duration/map etc.

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or you could chop it up into separate modules...

for a start, it would be great to be able to get just the online value, like "1,0,1,0,0,0" for each player in search query
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regards
Fredrik

[Wojjie]

What is wrong with the current buddy list system? Where you add the names of the members into the client control panel and then just grab an xml feed with the results whenever you want?

[freguz]

My "Byddy List" vary over time, i do not have time to edit the list over www each day

[Wojjie]

The only problem with your idea is that people may use it outside the scope that it is designed for.

For example, people with player stats sites may use this to check if any player is online, and if their site is open to the public and ends up requiring 1,000s of different players to be searched for, then it would be deemed commercial usage, and outside the scope of the Game-Monitor "Advanced"/"Community" packages. Then some may argue that the package is misleading, and may add quite a bit of confusion.

Perhaps I can make it so that it requires authentication, and only allow up to x number of different player names to be searched for.