Features request
Alban
It looks I'm the first one to post here, so I want to start by
congratulations to the TAB team for this API !
I'm using the API on a little project I should be able to disclose
later next week, and for now, no technical problems, the service is
fast and works pretty well !
I although feel "blocked" by one or 2 points, so, as the title said, I
would just make some "features" request.
Ordered by importance :
1 - Can we have a new node with the fulltext address of the venue ?
2 - Can we have more SearchRange parameters (2000 and 3000 for
exemple)
Thanks for everything !
Alban
stan
Ah ah that would make me the second post then.
I'll second the request for greater searchRange params, and I'll add
my wish for a venue hours for the event ?
Still, thanks already for what's available.
I also have a little project of mine, definitely not ready to be
disclosed at least for another month though !..
Thanks
Stan
olivier Thereaux
Welcome to the list, and thanks Alban for being the first to send
feedback. I've been a bit slow to answer - my apologies, I was
traveling - but I hope we can kick this list alive now.
On 3-Sep-08, at 3:20 AM, Alban wrote:
> It looks I'm the first one to post here, so I want to start by
> congratulations to the TAB team for this API !
Thanks! we're looking forward to seeing the data reused in cool apps.
Be sure to announce them here!
> I'm using the API on a little project I should be able to disclose
> later next week, and for now, no technical problems, the service is
> fast and works pretty well !
Excellent. We're really doing our best to provide a fast,
uninterrupted service, even though TAB runs as a non-profit
organization and relies a lot on volunteer time. There may be some
downtime in the months to come - we are looking into hosting all the
artbeat sites together on some fast iron, probably outside of Japan -
but I'll try to give some advance warning here.
> I although feel "blocked" by one or 2 points, so, as the title said, I
> would just make some "features" request.
> Ordered by importance :
> 1 - Can we have a new node with the fulltext address of the venue ?
> 2 - Can we have more SearchRange parameters (2000 and 3000 for
> exemple)
Both seem feasible. The former would be easy and I'm adding it to our
tracker as I write this. For the latter, no objection, but we may have
to test whether the current server scales before making it a permanent
feature. Any particular use case behind the 2000, 3000m SearchRange
need? Or would you just rather have a "no limit in distance" (with,
quite possibly, a hardcoded limit in the number of events returned,
for sanity)?
Cheers,
--
olivier - TAB's geek-in-residence
Alban
To quick answer the searchrange question, I personnaly think that an
open range with a max limit xan be perfect.
Like between 1 and 5000 meters. Not sur looking over 5000 is really
usefull and it should cause some overload to your servers.
cheers
A
Paul Baron
hope that you're well.
Any progress on your "little project" from early September?
Let us know!
Paul
stan
Well, some, but much less than I was hoping to have done by now, I must say.
Nothing that I can show unfortunately, but now that I think of it,
might be time to do something about it!
Thanks guys for the updates on the API btw.
Stan
Paul Baron
Keep us posted!
p