Comments on: jplazes downloads are back http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10 [the downside] Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:49:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Admin http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1515 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:10:51 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1515 do you have a full stacktrace ? as mentioned on the jplazes part of my blog the plazer API is doing stuff which is not possible in pure java (getting the gateway and then get it's MAC address). On Windows and OS X this is done by using command line stuff (ie. "ipconfig" and "arp" on windows and "netstat" on OS X) and then parsing the returned text. Pretty ugly stuff i have to admit (if you want to add a C implentation i can call with JNI....). So it is very well possible that this does not work on all Windows versions... that said...from post to the mailinglist it seems that you do not have a plazer API key ? this is required and the PlazerAPIDemo will not work without it. I will look into giving a more descriptive exception text as soon as i create a new version (planned as soon as plazes.com publish their new API which is promised but .... ) pascal do you have a full stacktrace ?
as mentioned on the jplazes part of my blog the plazer API is doing stuff which is not possible in pure java (getting the gateway and then get it’s MAC address). On Windows and OS X this is done by using command line stuff (ie. “ipconfig” and “arp” on windows and “netstat” on OS X) and then parsing the returned text. Pretty ugly stuff i have to admit (if you want to add a C implentation i can call with JNI….). So it is very well possible that this does not work on all Windows versions…
that said…from post to the mailinglist it seems that you do not have a plazer API key ? this is required and the PlazerAPIDemo will not work without it.

I will look into giving a more descriptive exception text as soon as i create a new version (planned as soon as plazes.com publish their new API which is promised but …. )

pascal

]]> by: Geonick http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1484 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:29:38 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1484 Thanks for the reply. Now I get errors running PlazerApiDemo... After "Login in..." there occurs an error saying: Logging in... Exception in thread "main" ch.downside.jplazes.JPlazesException: Could not execute request: 'Failure writing request' (code: 0) commandName: launcher.login with parameters [yourname, yourlogin, youraccesskey, null] at ch.downside.jplazes.command.AbstractCommand.execute(Unknown Source) => What could be wrong with the code (or do I miss the OS-specific helper file)? This is a running example: % java -cp .;jplazes-0.20.jar;lib\commons-logging-1.1.jar;lib\xmlrpc-2.0.1.jar;lib\commons-codec-1.3.jar;lib\dom4j-1.6.1.jarc h.downside.jplazes.examples.simple.PlazerApiDemo -- Stefan Thanks for the reply. Now I get errors running PlazerApiDemo… After “Login in…” there occurs an error saying:

Logging in…
Exception in thread “main” ch.downside.jplazes.JPlazesException: Could not execute request: ‘Failure writing request’ (code: 0) commandName: launcher.login with parameters [yourname, yourlogin, youraccesskey, null] at ch.downside.jplazes.command.AbstractCommand.execute(Unknown Source)

=> What could be wrong with the code (or do I miss the OS-specific helper file)?

This is a running example:
% java -cp .;jplazes-0.20.jar;lib\commons-logging-1.1.jar;lib\xmlrpc-2.0.1.jar;lib\commons-codec-1.3.jar;lib\dom4j-1.6.1.jarc h.downside.jplazes.examples.simple.PlazerApiDemo

– Stefan

]]> by: Admin http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1446 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:39:43 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1446 yes...i am working on mac (at least for my projects...at work i often use windows machines... but here nobody is interested at plazes stuff :-( ). anyway: thanks for the run file. pascal yes…i am working on mac (at least for my projects…at work i often use windows machines… but here nobody is interested at plazes stuff :-( ).
anyway: thanks for the run file.

pascal

]]> by: Geonick http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1275 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:05:11 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-1275 This is a nice helper application. Seems you are developing on Mac? Whatever it is, every developer needs to make a run command: Below there is one for Windows. Paste this snipped to a file named like run.bat: echo PlazesApiDemo - Demo of jplazes echo jplazes is a java API for plazes.com (http://downside.ch/blog/?page_id=9) echo Plazes adds physical presence to the web and connects you to people and places nearby. echo. rem Batchfile for Windows written by Geonick. echo Starting PlazesApiDemo... echo (If you get an error like 'Invalid developer key.' (code: 804) echo check or create file jplazes.properties. See jplazes homepage). echo. java -cp .;jplazes-0.20.jar;lib\commons-logging-1.1.jar;lib\xmlrpc-2.0.1.jar;lib\commons-codec-1.3.jar;lib\dom4j-1.6.1.jar ch.downside.jplazes.examples.simple.PlazesApiDemo pause echo on This is a nice helper application. Seems you are developing on Mac? Whatever it is, every developer needs to make a run command: Below there is one for Windows.

Paste this snipped to a file named like run.bat:

echo PlazesApiDemo - Demo of jplazes
echo jplazes is a java API for plazes.com (http://downside.ch/blog/?page_id=9)
echo Plazes adds physical presence to the web and connects you to people and places nearby.
echo.
rem Batchfile for Windows written by Geonick.

echo Starting PlazesApiDemo…
echo (If you get an error like ‘Invalid developer key.’ (code: 804)
echo check or create file jplazes.properties. See jplazes homepage).
echo.

java -cp .;jplazes-0.20.jar;lib\commons-logging-1.1.jar;lib\xmlrpc-2.0.1.jar;lib\commons-codec-1.3.jar;lib\dom4j-1.6.1.jar ch.downside.jplazes.examples.simple.PlazesApiDemo

pause
echo on

]]> by: Admin http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-176 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:06:11 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-176 hey Fabien I take cheques and cash :-) No problem. It was an interesting experience and I learned some important things (public API design.... better think twice and harder and longer). I am still waiting for an update to the API but unfortunately plazer.com is quite slow with enhancements/improvements (or they banned me from the mailinglist :-) ). pascal hey Fabien

I take cheques and cash :-)
No problem. It was an interesting experience and I learned some important things (public API design…. better think twice and harder and longer). I am still waiting for an update to the API but unfortunately plazer.com is quite slow with enhancements/improvements (or they banned me from the mailinglist :-) ).

pascal

]]> by: fabien http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-128 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:05:48 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-128 Works like a charm! Thanks a lot for this code that saved me a few hours of undesired coding Works like a charm! Thanks a lot for this code that saved me a few hours of undesired coding

]]> by: Admin http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-15 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:22:56 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-15 yes, at least the last time i checked everything worked fine (2 weeks ago) :-) the whereami API is not supported anymore by plazes.com, i think. The plazer API is not fully implemented for all platforms (since it requires native stuff to retrieve MAC address, Gateway IP and so on. Currently it is implemented using shell scripts and tested on OSX and Windows XP. But this could easely break. Writing native code anyone ?) pascal yes, at least the last time i checked everything worked fine (2 weeks ago) :-)
the whereami API is not supported anymore by plazes.com, i think. The plazer API is not fully implemented for all platforms (since it requires native stuff to retrieve MAC address, Gateway IP and so on. Currently it is implemented using shell scripts and tested on OSX and Windows XP. But this could easely break. Writing native code anyone ?)

pascal

]]> by: andyp http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-7 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:07:00 +0000 http://downside.ch/blog/?p=10#comment-7 Is jplazes up-to-date with the current version of the Plazes / Plazer / whereami APIs? Is jplazes up-to-date with the current version of the Plazes / Plazer / whereami APIs?

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