Re: [limesurvey-developers] Implement a fully featured XMP-RPC API + API tests + unit test

[prasath n. <n.p...@gm...>]

Hi carsten
I asked that because i wanted to know how implemented the initial functions?
what library used to generate RPC calls etc!!
That could be a starting point for us to develop a proposal

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Carsten Schmitz <
car...@li...> wrote:

>  Hello prasath,
>
> it is the Yii branch in our repository. That is the one all students will
> be using for any future development.
>
> Regards
>
> Carsten
>
>
>
> Am 08.03.2012 15:01, schrieb prasath nadarajah:
>
> Hi Marcel.
> The documentation says there is already a remotecontrol2 module with very
> few functions from limesurvey 2.0.
> AFAIK 2.0 is pulled off.
> Where i can download the released 2.0a code which has remotecontrol2
> module ??
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Sourabh Chandak <sou...@gm...>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply Marcel and Tac. As given in the GSoC getting started
>> page, i'll start with going through the code and look at some bugs to get
>> familiar.
>>
>>  I'll make the thread on the forum to ask for API details after I am a
>> bit familiar with the code structure.
>> As I am new to LS so it'll take me some time to get familiar. I'll get
>> back for help if I face any difficulty in the initial stages. :)
>>
>>  Thanks.
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Tac Tacelosky <ta...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> Although I love the idea of a full-blown API for LS, I ran across some
>>> scripts for another project that might be easier to implement in the
>>> short term and provide more functionality if the idea was adopted by
>>> LS.  The script is for a StackExchange-type site, and they describe
>>> how to integrate with your own PHP here:
>>>
>>> http://www.question2answer.org/external.php
>>>
>>> Once you've done the couple of lines of setup, you have access to
>>> almost all the core functions:
>>>
>>> http://www.question2answer.org/functions.php
>>>
>>> LS could provide similar documentation, basically simulating the login
>>> and session management, and then provide functions (or better,
>>> classes) that could list surveys, create a survey, group, question,
>>> labels, etc.   In theory, one could use this shell to then provide a
>>> Remote Control that was independent of the internals of LS, rather
>>> than modifying LS code directly to support the API.  The functions, of
>>> course, should always return data, and never return HTML, as is often
>>> the case now.
>>>
>>> I've been working on a Remote Control-like script which internally is
>>> called LimeBridge.  It reads the database directly, so isn't subject
>>> to GPL (because I also have closed-source code), which I'm using for
>>> reports that LS can't easily generate.  But my intention is to
>>> encourage more of that functionality and extendability in LS 2.0.
>>>
>>> In addition to an API, I would love to see the ability to add plugins
>>> to LS.  An API is great for having an external program use the LS
>>> data, but plugins would be great for extending LS directly.  With the
>>> addition of "Participants" in 2.0, I think we'll see lots of
>>> possibilities for wanting to do more within the software itself.  But
>>> we'll also need an API to do things like populate a participants /
>>> users list, keep it in sync with another system, etc.
>>>
>>> Tac
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Marcel Minke (Limesurvey)
>>> <mar...@li...> wrote:
>>> > Hi Sourabh,
>>> >
>>> > the XMP-RPC API idea is one of the top 3 ideas for this years GSoC.
>>> There
>>> > was a very basic SOAP API which wasn't maintained the last months
>>> which you
>>> > can find at
>>> >
>>> http://docs.limesurvey.org/RemoteControl&structure=English+Instructions+for+LimeSurvey
>>> .
>>> >
>>> > For more details you can try to contact project lead Carsten Schmitz
>>> (user
>>> > name c_schmitz) at our IRC:
>>> > http://www.limesurvey.org/en/community-services/live-chat
>>> > A first start for GSoC is this wiki page:
>>> > http://docs.limesurvey.org/LimeSurvey+GSoC+2012
>>> >
>>> > You might also want to start a new forum thread, asking the Limesurvey
>>> users
>>> > what requirements they can think of regarding the API details. We
>>> recommend
>>> > to get in touch with the Limesurvey community as early as possible,
>>> meaning
>>> > helping out at the forums and at our IRC and prove your coding skils by
>>> > fixing some bugs at our bugtracker (all these pages are available from
>>> our
>>> > homepage at www.limesurvey.org). When reviewing applications later,
>>> the
>>> > community interaction will be rated as well, so it's worth keeping
>>> that in
>>> > mind.
>>> >
>>> > Some more technical information is available at the developer wiki:
>>> > http://docs.limesurvey.org/Development+overview
>>> >
>>> > Best regards,
>>> > Marcel Minke
>>> > (Limesurvey Head of Support)
>>> >
>>> > Am 04.03.2012 11:02, schrieb Sourabh Chandak:
>>> >
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > I am Sourabh Chandak, a senior undergrad student from Institute of
>>> > Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India. Came across Limesurvey
>>> while
>>> > hunting for survey tools, and luckily found out that it is contending
>>> for a
>>> > spot in GSoC '12. I liked the idea of the XMP-RPC API and would like
>>> to get
>>> > more details about it. I have a sound programming background and have
>>> also
>>> > written written scripts for unit testing during my last summer
>>> internship at
>>> > Qualcomm India.
>>> >
>>> > Can someone please guide me on how to proceed with this.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Sourabh Chandak
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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