Thanks all. Now I've been working on a web Go game. My purpose is to connect to some Go server for providing users with extended functionalities. Is there any public Go server available? I knew IGS' protocol was also proprietary.
Thanks, Henry On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:47 PM, David Fotland <fotl...@smart-games.com> wrote: > KGS does not allow client development. The protocol is proprietary. KGS > already has a fine, working web client, so there is no need for another one. > > > > David > > > > From: computer-go-boun...@dvandva.org > [mailto:computer-go-boun...@dvandva.org] On Behalf Of Don Dailey > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:09 AM > To: computer-go@dvandva.org > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Develop a client for KGS? > > > > I thought KGS had their own proprietary protocol? > > > > GTP is the protocol for communicating with a Go engine, but not KGS as far > as I know. KGS supports many features so if they used that protocol it > would have to be significantly extended. > > > > Don > > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:01 AM, Lukas van de Wiel > <lukas.drinkt.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Henry, > > you are probably interested in reading about the GTP. > It is the protocol used to connect to KGS and it is well documented here: > http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gunnar/gtp/ > > A lot of work already done with it can freely be downloaded and viewed > > Good luck with programming the client! > > Lukas > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Henry Hu <henryhu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm planning to develop a web client for KGS. Surely it is necessary >> to connect to it firstly. Searching online, it seems lack of info >> related. How can my client connect to KGS and communicate with it. Are >> there any tools or introduction available for it? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Regards, >> Henry >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> Computer-go@dvandva.org >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@dvandva.org > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@dvandva.org > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@dvandva.org http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
