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Using serial over lan with python

Hi, I'd like to write a python script to gather data from serial over lan but I can't seem to find a place to start with IPMI. I've looked at OpenIPMI's python bindings but there doesn't seem to be any documentation. Perhaps I can use the subprocess module and ipmitool? I'm not sure that would be simple though. Does anyone have any e...

How to create a ruby API for a java application

I have a web application written mostly in Java. There are a few users that hope to use ruby to tailor this application to suit their own needs. How would I write an API that allows Ruby developers to interact with my application? I'm really looking for some direction here - I know it's a broad question.. ...

I want to make a map of the world, with people hitting my site as sparks. What's the best way to do this?

Whenever someone hits my site in NY, I want that map to show a spark in NY (then disappear). So, there will be sparks all over the map, as people hit my site. Is it possible to NOT use Google Maps to do this, with a nicer-looking background map? I'm not allowed to use Google maps. ...

Facebook Events — can you integrate?

Hello, Could someone please tell me if it is posssible to integrate with Facebook events? to do this: pass some parameters to create an event from an external site -- looks like the API does this send invites to Facebook friends to the new event created via the API. Thanks! ...

Is there an API that can take a URL and return a tagcloud datastructure?

Is there an API that can take a URL and return a tagcloud datastructure? ...

Using Google Map api with search string

HI I am thinking of using google map api in my app. i want to locate some places near my current location, so i think i have to send my current longitude and latitude plus the search string for the places. i have got my current location but not able to find the api that i have to use for this particular functionality. please help me ...

Are there any libraries/apache modules for implementing a persistant data stream like Twitter's Firehose?

I'm looking at building something like Twitter's fire hose to expose my company's data to the masses and want to build a proof of concept to show how we could use it. Preferably I would like to find an apache mod that would allow for the persistent connection, but so far I've not found anything with my searched. If there aren't any mod...

problem with API google maps and GPolyline

hi, i have this code function showLocation(address) { geocoder.getLocations(address, addAddressToMap); } function addAddressToMap(response) { // map.clearOverlays(); if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) { alert("Sorry, we were unable to geocode your address"); } else { place = response.Placema...

What systems officially support OpenGL?

I know OpenGL is cross-platform and runs across Windows and Mac, but what other marketable products support it along with OpenGL ES? I'm just curious of its current market. Thanks! ...

Open Source VoIP/SIP Windows C API

It seems there is something for apple Open Source VoIP/SIP Objective-C Code Is there a similar stack for WIndows that anyone HAS EXPERIENCE with and is easy to implement? I have followed most of the leads here http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Open+Source+VOIP+Software But they are abandoned or not a Standard windows C API. ...

List of API commands for Win32api

Hi every one. I recently found the add-on for Python called "win32api". I am very pleased with it.. But only problem is i can't seem to find any lists that list all the possible API calls that you can make from that add-on. I have tried looking through an API reference (http://www.andreavb.com/API_List.html), but most of the commands wer...

AJAX exposing the API of a web app

A couple of years ago, before I knew about Stack Overflow, I was working in an office with a lot of competition between the programmers. There, I had to code a web page in PHP with Drupal, that needed to get data from another site by RSS. What happened was that there was no way to get the data beforehand: the data depended on the content...

Submitting merchant defined shipping options using Google Checkout direct submission

Is it possible to set the shipping options in Google Checkout without using the server-server submission option? I'm trying to keep this checkout process as simple as possible (mostly because I do not fully understand the server-server API section), and therefore I'm using the direct submission option in Google Checkout (details here. ...

how to get geo data via 'MIXED_FORMAT' in google ajax feed api.

this is my code : <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>Google AJAX Feed API - Simple Example</title> <script type="tex...

Twitter status update from C app

Inspired by Scripting Twitter with cURL, I'm trying to make a command line app in C, used to update my Twitter status. I'm not really sure how curl works in this case... I guess by appending the newly created status to the XML. My question is: how to implement POST in C (libcurl is not used)? Maybe just by using networking functions fr...

PHP referrer: How to make sure a request is actually coming from where it's supposed to come from.

I would like to put a link back to my site on other "approved" domains. When they click on the link it goes to a page that checks the referrer ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER']) to make sure they came from a domain that is approved to have my link. This can be spoofed so how can I make sure the clicks are actually coming from the approved domai...

Loading the previous revision of a node

When you get a node, how do you load the previous version (revision)? I know how loading a revision but not how getting the previous revision number ($node->vid is the current revision). thanks ...

Facebook Integration with an external site

Hii.. I am working on developing a website and I want it to be integrated with Facebook, i.e. I want to fetch logged-in user's information like his wall info, comments, his feeds etc. along with his friends's information,their comments etc.. Also I want user of my website to be able to post comments, feeds on his wall, update / upload pi...

Picture to Canvas printing service with Developer API

Hi there, I'm looking for an on-line service that provides a picture to canvas service offering a reseller program with developer API. Services examples would be- although this ones do not offer an API: canvaspop uprinting Any pointers?! ...

Where can I find more of these wonderful alternative documentation packs?

For some time now I've been enjoying jQAPI, Rails API and RubyBrain. Do you know of any more documentation packs like these? For anything, really. Thanks. ...