Agreed. For the record it is a 302 response :)
Also (uynfortunately) I have no idea what language his code is in BUT I am guessing that his user agent (the library that grabs the URL) is doing what it is supposed to and pull the new URL automatically. With a 302 request your supposed to (for GET & HEAD requests) return an explicit URL - which the user-agent can automatically pull as the new address. Valve are just missing the GET information off the end of the url :) Standard HTTP protocol is that User-agents just perform a standard GET o nthe new rtequest (regardless of what was sent before) - 303 and 307 are for more explicit scenarios :) Thomas Morton ++ No problem should ever have to be solved twice ++ 2008/11/24 Ronny Schedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It's not working like you may think. If you access the page with 64bit > userid and a user friendly name is set, the webserver respond only a code > different from 202 with the new location (don't remember the code, it's 301 > or something). You don't receive any content. Your Internet browser just > handle this redirected page and display it. Even if Valve would pass all > GET > parameters to the redirected page, the webserver would still respond with > the redirected page without content in the first step. > > An example (might have some typos): > > 1. You: GET /profiles/123456789/?xml=1 > 2. Webserver: 301 Location: http://steamcommunity.com/id/nicename > 3. You: GET /id/nicename?xml=1 > 4. Webserver: 202 Content-Length: ......... > > This is a rough overview what happens, experienced web programmers should > understand what happens. > > You suggest Valve should add the xml-parameter in step 2, but this does not > change the behaviour. You don't get any content in step 2, you have to > handle it by yourself. > > > > Huh? > > > > Why not - it seems a logical thing to request. > > > > All that is happening is that Valve are taking the 64bit string and > > converting it to the userid - and redirecting to that page. They > obviously > > forgot or missed passing the xml get parameter if it is set as well :) > > simple error.... easy to fix? > > > > > > Thomas Morton > > > > ++ No problem should ever have to be solved twice ++ > > > > > > 2008/11/24 Ronny Schedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> > >> I don't think they will change this, because this is basic Internet > >> technology, this is how the Internet works. A browser, even without a > >> display in common sense, should handle this. > >> > >> But hope dies last ;-) > >> > >> > >> > It's not a big deal. But as the XML interface is "in progress" this is > >> > another change that should be made by Valve to make the whole XML > thing > >> > more > >> > useful and straightforward. > >> > > >> > 2008/11/24 Ronny Schedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Sorry, but it's not a big deal to handle the redirected page. You > just > >> >> receive the new location from the webserver and use the returned URL > >> >> instead. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I'm hoping someone from Valve can give me an answer about this, > >> >> > although > >> >> > if anyone else knows of a workaround I'd appreciate it. > >> >> > > >> >> > I'm working on developing a web-based remote server management > >> >> > program > >> >> > which interoperates with Steam Community for a number of features > >> (like > >> >> > tracking player and group activity and recording gameplay stats). > >> >> > I'm > >> >> > using the XML profile feeds, since that's much easier to work with, > >> but > >> >> > there's a bit of an issue with using the 64-bit ID to access > >> >> > someone's > >> >> > profile. Even with ?xml=1 on the end of the URL, going to a > >> >> > community > >> >> > page via http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/? will redirect to the > >> >> > non-XML version of that user's profile if they have assigned a > >> >> > "friendly" URL to their account. For example, my profile feed would > >> >> > be > >> >> > at http://steamcommunity.com/id/dave/?xml=1, and I'd expect > >> >> > http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197972662865/?xml=1 to > >> display > >> >> > the same page - but it doesn't. > >> >> > > >> >> > Detecting this redirect and compensating for it is a big pain and > >> >> > increases the amount of work the server has to do every time the > >> player > >> >> > stats are refreshed. Would it be possible for the community pages > to > >> >> > have some more consistent behaviour, ie redirecting to the page > with > >> >> > the > >> >> > ?xml=1 parameter still present? > >> >> > > >> >> > (On an unrelated note, if anyone uses Windows to host their game > >> >> > servers > >> >> > and would be interested in beta testing my app, please get in > touch! > >> >> > I > >> >> > plan to release this as an open-source application once it's > >> >> > finished, > >> >> > but so far my testing is limited to one Windows 03 machine.) > >> >> > > >> >> > -Dave > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> >> > archives, > >> >> > please visit: > >> >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >> >> please visit: > >> >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> > please visit: > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
