Ryzom API

Don't give your Full Character Key and people will not be able to see your items.

Ok. No problem. Sry. The name says "Full Character Key"
but where can I adjust what the "Partial Character Key" can be used for?

As you wrote in http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/ryzom-api/wiki/SecureAPIKey the keys should be encrypted.
So I have to give my partial-key to someone else, and he/she should encrypt it or not. I am sorry, but imho this is not secure.

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I love the idea of an external interface and I want to give information away. But I want to control it!

I do have a suggestion, which i think belongs to "Ryzom API suggestions" (please move it there if you think it does)

There should be a user-configuration for every part of current and future information you want to give to a website programmer.
So all rights can be adjusted where they belong to :)

• if the user can configure what she/he wants to display, there is no need for any encryption :)
• if I change my mind about any information I want to share. I can change it.
• All website programmers only have to handle a string "suppressed". (go on reading :)
• no need but the possibility for generating a new Key.
• no need for informing all site-admins, that the old key is not valid anymore ....
• No need for changing the existing database. The new configurtion can be a new database. FullKey PartKey are the keys for referencing the new configuration. (go on reading)

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future default should be "deactivated"
if not active return text could be: "suppressed by user" or "suppressed"

• Character is active: list character in Guild overveiw (this can eliminate a twink if needed) (default: active)
• Character: To access character profiles.
  • Name (active)
  • Title (active)
  • Guild (active)
  • Item in store (active)
  • Hands
  • Equipments
  • Bag

• Title: To convert a character title identifier to a translated string. (uses setting from Character above)

• Guild is active: activates the guild for "filtered Guilds" (see below) (default: active)
• Guild: To access guild information.
  • all Members are listed (new) (lists everyone)
  • use definition from character configuration (new default: active)(uses config above)
• GuildIcon: To display the icon of a guild. (active)

• Status: To know if the game servers are open or closed.
• Time: To know the time and date in Ryzom
• ItemIcon: To display the icon of an item.
• Render: PHP functions to render a webpage with Ryzom style.
• ReleaseNotes: To see the patch release notes.
• Guilds: To display the list of all guilds. (may be both are usefull?)

• new: filtered Guilds: a Guild is listed if flag "Guild is active" is set (see above)
  (this can handle the problem for elentars Guild list which is mentioned somewhere in the forum) http://www.elantar.de/ryzom_tools/

• if the user can configure what she/he wants to display, there is no need for any encryption :)
• if I change my mind about any information i can change it.
• All website programmers only have to handle a string "suppressed".
• no need but the possibility for generating a new Key.
• no need for informing all site-admins, that the old key is not valid anymore
• FullKey and PartKey could be used as "configuration Set1" and "configuration Set2" if the above configuration is doubled.
• No need for changing the existing database. The new configurtion can be a new database. FullKey PartKey are the keys for referencing the new configuration.

sorry about the long mail
X-Ray