Linden Lab Official:Registration API

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The Registration API (Reg API) enables you to register new Second Life users on your website, and set the location where they initially appear inworld after they log in. With the Reg API you can:

  • Create and manage your community in Second Life.
  • Maintain your identity from your website through user registration and into Second Life.
  • Track your community in Second Life.


Overview

Use the Reg API to create Second Life accounts within your own registration process on your website. You can customize the Second Life registration process to capture additional information or to fit your registration process. When the user registers, they choose a unique Second Life name and password. Registration provides Linden Lab with the same information provided through standard registrations on the Second Life website. At the end of registration, your customer must download the Second Life client, install, and run it. At that time, they will be registered with the account they created on your website and will start Second Life in a location you specify.

Important limitations and conditions apply. For example, you must make clear that users are establishing a relationship with Linden Lab, separate from their relationship with you.

The Reg API is a simple REST-style web service. Information is passed to and from the service in LLSD XML documents. Linden Lab provides libraries to parse and encode LLSD in Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby; see Reg API Examples.

How to participate

To request participation in the beta Registration API program, submit the Registration API Request Form. Linden Lab will contact you by email after reviewing your application.

Important notices

The RegAPI is a beta program that requires some technical proficiency to use successfully. Linden Lab does not currently provide support or technical advice on its use.

Second Life accounts with Reg API capabilities that have not signed up at least one account within 90 days of their receipt will have their Reg API access removed

All participants in the Reg API program must abide by Linden Lab's API Terms Of Service.

Discussion and support

Features

The Reg API enables you to:

  • Register Second Life Residents from your website and track them.
  • Send them to a location of your choice when they first log in to Second Life.
  • Limit accounts to your estate.
  • Limit name selection, or create accounts with a custom name. You must request custom names separately from the Registration API request. See Custom Name Program for more information.
  • Provide registration for your organization with internal access only.
  • Provide customized and branded registration.

The Reg API does not currently allow you to:

  • Assign new Residents to groups
  • Provide inventory
  • Creating attachments
  • Alter the appearance of the Viewer
  • Alter or control the Resident's outfit
  • Restrict where you can place people upon log-in. You must make sure that the owner of the landing location agrees to have the new Residents arrive there if you don't own the land.
  • Provide load balancing (instead, use the Reg API to selectively set the starting location based on data sent from an LSL script in each location)

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