I don't think they will change this, because this is basic Internet technology, this is how the Internet works. A browser, even without a display in common sense, should handle this.
But hope dies last ;-) > It's not a big deal. But as the XML interface is "in progress" this is > another change that should be made by Valve to make the whole XML thing > more > useful and straightforward. > > 2008/11/24 Ronny Schedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Sorry, but it's not a big deal to handle the redirected page. You just >> receive the new location from the webserver and use the returned URL >> instead. >> >> >> > I'm hoping someone from Valve can give me an answer about this, >> > although >> > if anyone else knows of a workaround I'd appreciate it. >> > >> > I'm working on developing a web-based remote server management program >> > which interoperates with Steam Community for a number of features (like >> > tracking player and group activity and recording gameplay stats). I'm >> > using the XML profile feeds, since that's much easier to work with, but >> > there's a bit of an issue with using the 64-bit ID to access someone's >> > profile. Even with ?xml=1 on the end of the URL, going to a community >> > page via http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/? will redirect to the >> > non-XML version of that user's profile if they have assigned a >> > "friendly" URL to their account. For example, my profile feed would be >> > at http://steamcommunity.com/id/dave/?xml=1, and I'd expect >> > http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197972662865/?xml=1 to display >> > the same page - but it doesn't. >> > >> > Detecting this redirect and compensating for it is a big pain and >> > increases the amount of work the server has to do every time the player >> > stats are refreshed. Would it be possible for the community pages to >> > have some more consistent behaviour, ie redirecting to the page with >> > the >> > ?xml=1 parameter still present? >> > >> > (On an unrelated note, if anyone uses Windows to host their game >> > servers >> > and would be interested in beta testing my app, please get in touch! I >> > plan to release this as an open-source application once it's finished, >> > but so far my testing is limited to one Windows 03 machine.) >> > >> > -Dave >> > >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
