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phreeza


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2012-08-11 08:03:09 - Public API
Hi all,

I was wondering if there is a public game API and if so, if it is documented anywhere? I have seen some tools that seem to use game data, and this seems to be accepted use, but I have not been able to find any description of the proper way to do this.

Alternatively, I could look at the requests the official client sends. Would this be acceptable use or is it frowned upon here? I have read that people use third party programs for routes, so would third party clients, with additional functionality, be acceptable?
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2012-08-11 22:22:06 - Re: Public API
phreeza,
You may find some of the tools you are looking for at some of the sites sol'ers have contributed. Unfortunately Aaron is gone. His tools and contributions still live on.
AGage's blog and tools: http://soltools.wordpress.com/
Philip's (soler Schakel)blog and tools: http://daysailer.wordpress.com/
Markku Hänninen's (soler hmm) sol history of races site. He uses data from sol site, and can be contacted via link on his site: http://sol.hmm.iki.fi/sollog/races/
Eddie Durst's (soler brainaid) site. Info on polars and tools for handling DCs, etc:http://team-yacht-treff.de/

Directly you can email crew@sailport.se for info. If you have some coding skills and a bit of time to contribute, I'm sure Kalle, Jakob and hmm would love to talk to you.

--- Last Edited by Jack Watson at 2012-08-11 22:35:37 ---
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2012-08-12 21:25:31 - Re: Public API
The API is not documented (at least now) but it's not very hard to figure out by looking at how the client interacts with the server.

Both me and Aaron built our tools basically that way (me with some help from Aaron) and if you are interested in doing that you can email me at hmm@iki.fi if you have any questions.

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