Dynamic serverlist info

[Skyld]

Classic, hosted and gold servers can now dynamically send their own information to the serverlist by adding some code into their EventsBot. This allows servers to display live statistics, and event information (like Era does at the minute). If you choose not to feed information from your EventsBot, then the information that is on the serverlist will remain.

Here is the code that is required to create a serverinfo response. If you have an eventsbot already, it should not be difficult to adapt it:

PHP Code:

function onCreated()
{
  sendtext("irc", "login", "EventsBot_servername");
}

function onReceiveText(texttype, textoptions, textlines) 
{ 
  if (texttype != "irc" ||
      textoptions != "privmsg")
  {
    return;
  }

  switch (textlines[2][0]) 
  { 
    case "!eventsbotlogin": 
    { 
      sendtext("irc", "privmsg", {"IRCBot", {"!eventadmins", {"acc", "acc"}}}); 
      sendtext("irc", "privmsg", {"IRCBot", {"!eventchannel", "#channel"}}); 
      // tell the serverlist that you are serving serverlist info
      sendtext("irc", "privmsg", {"IRCBot", {"!handleserverinfo", 1}});

      break; 
    } 

    // called whenever anybody clicks the server on the serverlist
    case "!getserverinfo": 
    { 
      temp.list = { 
        "<center>", 
        "<font size=24>Server Name</font><br>", 
        "<img src=login_server_servername.png><br>", 
        "</center><sbreak>", 
        "<ignorelinebreaks>", 
        "Description" 
      }; 
      sendtext("irc", "notice", {textlines[0], {"!serverinfo", temp.list}}); 

      break; 
    } 
  } 
} 


If you want the existing info for your server, contact me via forum PM and I will send it to you. Also, if you are not sure about your server's image, run /find login_server_*.png in RC.

[xAndrewx]

Very cool Skyld, very cool.

[bumbo]

Here is a question, does the picture required need to be on some central server location? Or can we host it on our server in a directory somewhere?

if it needs to be centralized we will run into the same problems as before, but if it can be hosted locally on our own servers (perhaps a coding issue?) then we can avoid having to track someone down to upload.

Edit:I assume after re-reading skyld's post that it can be held locally, I'd just like that confirmed please

[Admins]

We might add some way to share the images with the login server, right now it's not possible. But with the dynamic serverlist thing you can display different text, event results, ongoing events etc.

[dNeonb]

I like this. Could be quite useful. Good job

[Matt]

Sorry for the bump, but i recommend this get stuck. This is extremely wanted, and useful.

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by Matt

Sorry for the bump, but i recommend this get stuck. This is extremely wanted, and useful.

what he said.

--and it doesn't work for hosted anymore, could hosted have this function back? also, how do you set the icon of a server thought? i mean on the server list.

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

what he said.

--and it doesn't work for hosted anymore, could hosted have this function back? also, how do you set the icon of a server thought? i mean on the server list.

You don't you have to make a request to Stefan to have it changed to the one you supply him.