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Will Visitor	New Node : GET URL - 2007/08/27 11:28 Hello, I've been playing with Palabre and I really think it's a great engine. I just think there's a little thing missing : connection with databases and stuff. I've read many posts on this forum : some people suggest to send SQL requests directly in the XML messages (ouch, security) and some other suggest that the palabre config file should implement some SQL primitives. One of the solution would be to implement a GET URL node : - a user send the node <geturl url="google.com" get_params="param1=toto¶m2=tata" /> - the palabre access the url and process the data returned by the page as an xml node. By implementing this, you can easily connect palabre with php scripts, sql databases, etc... What do you think of it, does it seems like a good idea to you ? Thanks, Will.
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Re:New Node : GET URL - 2007/08/27 12:28 Hi,

Thanks for your feedback.

For the SQL, I still haven't found the "great" solution.
As you said :
"send SQL requests directly in the XML messages" => BAD ! security
"palabre config file should implement some SQL primitives" => Good but very limited
"implement a GET URL node" => I don't really get the point, this can already be done via loadVariables() in flash ? That's what I suggest in most situations. Let Palabre handle the multiuser, and keep coding in PHP/ASP/Whatever for your queries.

The only solution I found is to create a "plugin" system to let people create their own nodes and specific actions. I think this will be implemented in the next version. But this will involve Python knowledge ...

Have fun !
And feel free to post any URL with developments involving Palabre. Célio Conort
Lonesome Palabre developper

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Will Visitor	Re:New Node : GET URL - 2007/08/27 14:43 Thanks for your valuable feedback. Do you have any examples of games working with palabre server ? And last question : when do you plan to release the new version with custom nodes ? This functionnality will multiply by 100 the possibilities offered by Palabre !!! I guess the workaround for this feature would be to have a "special client" that will receive and send specific xml nodes. In fact, this specific client could be a "xml engine" coded in flash to respond to some specific answer. If you find the idea interesting, I think I will propose myself to develop such engine in flash. I really think your server is great and I'm willing to help you, but I clearly lack some Python skills :-( Let me know how I can help... Rgds,
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Re:New Node : GET URL - 2007/08/30 12:44 Hi,

I just reinstalled an old Flash car game here :

http://palabre.gavroche.net/cars/

But it was done for a company so I can't release the source code (anyway it was done in Flash 5 ... so quite obsolete ...)

For a special Flash client why not, but it could be hard to implement in a production environment, and specialy on linux servers.
But I guess it could help some people and Flash developpers that may never learn python :p

Otherwise an Actionscript 2 (3 now ;p) API or flash components could also help a lot of flash designer/developpers. Or maybe even an FLA with basic and well documented instructions ... :p

And finally for a release date of next version ... I just don't know ... I hope before october.
I just need a quiet week-end to implement most features, but ... it's quite rare ...
So maybe I'll split functionnalities in two sub-releases.

See u soon

Célio Célio Conort
Lonesome Palabre developper

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Will Visitor	Re:New Node : GET URL - 2007/09/04 14:02 I couldn't test the latency with another player, but the game itself is really great ! This reinforce my will to create a multiplayer game with Palabre !! PS pour celio : tu travailles sur Paris ?
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Re:New Node : GET URL - 2007/09/04 14:16 Sometimes i'm connected during the day (but away mostly ..)
But you could open two windows to see how the car reacts when moving in one.

The server where Palabre is running this demo is just a Virtual Server with 1/5 of CPU, 128Mo Ram and 2Mbps of bandwidth.

PS : Oui tout à fait :) Célio Conort
Lonesome Palabre developper

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Will Visitor	Re:New Node : GET URL - 2007/09/04 14:41 Ok, on peut switcher en français alors :) Ca te dirait un Palabre Lunch sur Paris un midi ? Je suis à la défense mais on peut prévoir ca sur Chatelet ou autre. J'aurais ainsi l'honneur de rencontrer le créateur du "Next Big Thing", le serveur flash multijoueurs gratuit et libre :-) A++ William.
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Re:New Node : GET URL - 2007/12/03 19:57 Salut,

Désolé j'ai été pas mal pris ces temps ci et n'ai pas eu de temps pour m'occuper de Palabre.
Mais ca marche toujours pour le lunch :) Célio Conort
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