HELLO ALL,
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE USE OF THE API AND SOME STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
THE WEB APPLICATION I'M TRYING TO WRITE NEEDS TO GRAB THE UPCOMING
EVENTS FOR A SPECIFIC USER BASED ON THE USER_ID. THESE UPCOMING EVENTS
ARE PUBLICLY VIEWABLE FROM THE USER'S PAGE AND I FIGURED THEY'D BE
EASY TO GET. BUT IF I USE THE API WITH METHOD I NEED A AUTHENTICATION
TOKEN. NOW, THERE'S TWO WEIRD THINGS WITH THIS, ONE IS THAT THE INFO
IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO ANYONE THROUGH THE STANDARD WEB INTERFACE,
AND SECOND IS THAT OTHER SIMILAR METHODS DO NOT REQUIRE THE TOKEN
(USER.GETINFO).
SO I THOUGHT, FINE, I'LL USE THE RSS FEED PROVIDED FOR "MY UPCOMING
EVENTS", BUT THIS SEEMS TO BEHAVE EVEN MORE STRANGELY. THE RSS FEED
SEEMS TO BE AVAILABLE _ONLY_ IF I'M LOGGED IN, WHICH RENDERS IT PRETTY
MUCH USELESS EVEN FOR EVERYONE ELSE. WHAT'S THE POINT OF AN RSS FEED
IF I CAN'T ADD IT TO MY FEED READER?
SO MY QUESTION(S) ARE:
* AM I USING THE API THE STUPID WAY? IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE
REQUIRED INFO (NAMELY, A USERS UPCOMING EVENTS) WITHOUT HAVING TO
AUTHENTICATE? I ONLY CARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC ONES ANYWAY.
* I READ ON OTHER EMAILS IN THIS GROUP, ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR
PROBLEMS, WHER IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THE NEXT VERSION OF THE API
WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE ISSUES. IS THERE ANY KIND OF PREDICTION
ON WHEN THIS'LL HAPPEN?
* AM I BEING STUPID ABOUT THE RSS FEED OR IS IT REALLY AN ISSUE? I'VE
TESTED ON MANY COMPUTERS ON DIFFERENT NETWORKS AND THEY ALL DRAW
BLANKS ABOUT THE RSS FEED IF I'M NOT LOGGED IN.
REGARDS,
HERMANN KäSER
HTTP://WWW.THERAGINGCHE.COM/
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