Hello As it turns out, I don't need to use the RWI at all. I had been looking at an earlier version of the API. I can call get_order_info and then call either sw_register or renew_domain depending on whether the cancelled order was a new domain/transfer or a renewal.
I don't have to start from scratch after all. Thanks Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <domains-dev@discuss.tucows.com> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 1:25 AM Subject: Re: [domains-dev] Scripting against the RWI > On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Bill Gerrard wrote: > > > Brian, > > > > Seeing as many of my pending orders are to be cancelled by openSRS before I > > > get a chance to process them, I need to set up a script (I'm thinking a > > > once-per-day cron) which will check the order numbers that are marked as > > > paid in my local database and cross reference them against orders marked > > > as > > > cancelled in the RWI. Then, of course, the script would have to re-create > > > the order and process it. > > > > > > I have heard (or read) much about scripting against the RWI on these > > > lists, > > > but haven't been able to discern just how to go about it. The opensrs > > > website & RRC don't mention it at all. > > > > > > > There won't be any mention about it because it's just a hack. It's something > > you would have to do only if the API wasn't capable of doing what you need. > > > > It would most likely be a whole lot easier to just use the API to submit the > > order when you are ready process it. > > Which is what I was going to say yesterday, when you (Brian) asked which > way to go... my answer was going to be to turn around, and run the other > direction. Keep your orders stored locally until you are ready to have > them processed. If for no other reason than that "trivial" changes at > OpenSRS won't mess up your business. But it also leaves you much more able > to shift to other means of provisioning your domains (e.g. other > suppliers). "scripting" the RWI is a sort of classic example of this, > small changes to the HTML layout of the RWI can break your scripts until > you update them to match. > > -Tom > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "The Internet is a world of ends. You're at one > http://BareMetal.com/ | end, and everybody and everything else are at the > web hosting since '95 | other ends." - http://www.worldofends.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > domains-dev mailing list > domains-dev@discuss.tucows.com > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-dev > > > _______________________________________________ domains-dev mailing list domains-dev@discuss.tucows.com http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-dev
