Online/Offline status request

[DirtyBird]

This is in regard to the GM's on various servers.
I am not sure how it is on other servers but Briggs will sometimes have a GM online for a short period of time.
They are not allowed to accept friends requests so depending when you join you have nfi if they are on and nfi when they log off.

One day SOE may include this information in the UI but I wont hold my breath waiting for that to happen.

Is it possible to create something that for each specific server simply showing the online/offline status of the GM's we know per server?
Obviously we would need to provide a list of the known GM's per server.

They dont seem to belong to an outfit as such so its not as easy as just looking up that outfit in ps2stats.

[Goblinhunter]

Assuming we had a list of their char names, and that these names do appear in API lookups (they're not hidden for example) this could be done quite easily. If someone can provide a list, I'd be happy to throw something together.

[DirtyBird]

Thanks, I'll start collecting for Briggs.

And no they are not hidden, ie. (seen all of these announce themselves as GM in game.)
MrFaodBriggs
GraviikBriggs
ChipBriggsNC
ChipBriggs
EndinaBriggs
GooseBriggs
SariuvBriggs
ExeregeBriggs

[DirtyBird]

Hows that for a start?

[DirtyBird]

MrFaodBriggs
GraviikBriggs
ChipBriggsNC
ChipBriggs
EndinaBriggs
GooseBriggs
SariuvBriggs
ExeregeBriggs
TerminusBriggs

[Saladin]

get/ps2-beta/character/?name.first=MrFaodBriggs&c:show=name,online_status &c:resolve=online_status

http://pside.co/19TTI9Y <-- sandbox link to what information that is passed from this above..

you would have to do multiply calls in order to do it but this just one person that you have listed...

I could do it in PHP but would take a little to get them all listed in it..

Ok below I know works and little ruff around edges but gets the job done... I used a txt file to make a listing called gms.txt with the game names of the people you want to know if there online.. it is not pretty by any kind of terms. If there offline will display 0 and a number when there online... now test it send me a pm if you wish to do more with it

PHP Code:

<?php
//Will need a txt file called gms.txt with new line for every game name wish to look up
//Enter service ID below 
$service_id = " ";

//Below this point do NOT edit unless know what you are doing
// Setting up the API request going to be made
$site = "http://census.soe.com/";
$format ="get";
$verb="ps2-beta";
$collection="character";
$call="?name.first=";
$modifier="&c:show=name,online_status&c:resolve=online_status";
//Checks to see if there is a service ID listed above
if($service_id = "" | $service_id = " ") $sid = False; else $sid = True;

//open file
$file = "gms.txt";
$gm = array();
$fp = @fopen ($file, "r");
if ($fp) {
    //for each line in file
    while(!feof($fp)) {
    //push lines into array
    $this_line = fgets($fp);                  
    array_push($gm,$this_line);
    }
//close file
fclose($fp);
}


for($i=0;$i<count($gm);$i++){
    if($sid){
    $json = file_get_contents($site."s:".$service_id."/".$format."/".$verb."/".$collection."/".$call.rtrim($gm***91;$i***93;).$modifier);
    $obj  = (json_decode($json, true));
    if(!empty($gm***91;$i***93;))    echo $gm***91;$i***93;.":".$obj***91;'character_list'***93;***91;'0'***93;***91;'online_status'***93;."</br>";
    //echo $site."s:".$service_id."/".$format."/".$verb."/".$collection."/".$call.$gm***91;$i***93;.$modifier;
    } Else {
    $json = file_get_contents($site.$format."/".$verb."/".$collection."/".$call.rtrim($gm***91;$i***93;).$modifier);
    $obj  = (json_decode($json, true));
    if(!empty($gm***91;$i***93;))    echo $gm***91;$i***93;.":".$obj***91;'character_list'***93;***91;'0'***93;***91;'online_status'***93;."</br>";
    }
    
}
?>

[DirtyBird]

As per PM's many thanks Saladin.
(that page has been updated as well)

[DirtyBird]

Seems like I'm not the only one who wanted to know what GM's are online.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/c...ver_gm_in_the/

Had a new GM visit us yesterday but I wont add them to the list seeing as they communicated to us in German.

[Saladin]

Well link them back to here then But ya anytime you update the listing post it up so other may know on your server

[DirtyBird]

Another reason this is handy, sometimes the GM's dont announce they are on.
Often you will see two online and only one announces it.
They do it on purpose for their own reasons.