REST API woes

Thanks Denis,

I did notice this way of supplying passwords in the API documentation,
but I have no idea what password I am supposed to supply or where that
password will originate from..?

This is prabably bleeding obvious to someone with any domain knowledge,
which unfortunately I don't possess yet.

Regards,
Roger Kind Kristiansen


On 09/16/2011 04:56 PM, Denis Walker wrote:
> Dear Roger Kind Kristiansen,
> 
> I am assuming your question is "how to get the required password 'into
> the update engine' to perform updates?"
> 
> Passwords are sent as HTTP parameters, for example
> 
> https://lab.db.ripe.net/whois/modify/<source>/<object-type>/<primary-key>?password=...
> 
> regards
> Denis Walker
> Business Analyst
> RIPE NCC Database Group
> 
> On 16/09/11:38 3:58 PM, Roger Kristiansen wrote:
>> The first part of this question can be disregarded, as I got
>> confirmation that the server is indeed down ATM.
>>
>> Still wondering about the password, though, so.. anyone? :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Roger Kind Kristiansen
>>
>>
>> On 09/16/2011 03:16 PM, Roger Kristiansen wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First of all: I'm not sure if this is the correct mailing list for
>>> questions regarding the Database REST API. If it isn't then I'm sorry,
>>> and I hope you might point me in the right direction.
>>>
>>> I am in need of API access to the RIPE database, both for querying and
>>> updating. I have been looking at the REST API documented at
>>> http://labs.ripe.net/ripe-database/database-api/api-documentation.
>>>
>>> I can connect, but I am unable to get a response from the
>>> lab.db.ripe.net server. No error or anything else. I'm accessing the
>>> server from the address 193.69.55.146.
>>>
>>> Here's one example, using curl on one of your example URLs:
>>>
>>> $ curl -v http://lab.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/RIPE-DBM-MNT
>>> * About to connect() to lab.db.ripe.net port 80 (#0)
>>> *   Trying 193.0.19.31... connected
>>> * Connected to lab.db.ripe.net (193.0.19.31) port 80 (#0)
>>>> GET /whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/RIPE-DBM-MNT HTTP/1.1
>>>> User-Agent: curl/7.21.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.21.3
>>> OpenSSL/0.9.8o zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18
>>>> Host: lab.db.ripe.net
>>>> Accept: */*
>>>>
>>>
>>> .. then nothing. Anyone know what might be wrong here?
>>>
>>> Also I'm not quite sure where or how to get the required password to
>>> perform updates. Any pointers? Would be much appreciated. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Roger Kind Kristiansen
>>>
>>
>