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'''Also see [[Second Life Develop]]'''.
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== Getting started ==
 
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== [[Registration API]] ==
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Welcome to the brand new Web Services portal.  You'll find information on web services related to Second Life here.
Enables you to register Second Life residents from your web page.
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== [[Map API]] ==
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Enables you to embed Second Life Maps onto your web pages.
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== [[RegAPI]] ==
== [[Media Rendering Plugin System|Media Plugin API]] ==
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API used by Second Life Viewer media rendering plugins.
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== [[Inventory API]] ==
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Provides information on agent inventory.
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== [[Live Data Feeds]] ==
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Live data feeds provided by Linden Lab.
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== [[Viewer Web Widgets|Viewer Web Widgets]] ==
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Widgets used in the login screen and elsewhere. (Experiment-in-progress!)
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== [[Name to agent ID API|Name to Agent ID API]] ==
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Documentation about the Registration API. The Registration API lets you register Second Life residents from your web pageYou can also contribute to the documentation and add your tips for successful implementation.
Enables you to translate usernames to their corresponding agent ID.
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<div style="background-color: #FFEF99; border: 1px solid #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; margin-top: 5px;">This information is not provided or reviewed by Linden Lab. <br>Linden Lab does not guarantee that these APIs work as described or work at all'''Use at your own risk'''!</div>


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== [[Snapshot API]] ==
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Format of information contained within snapshots sent from the viewer.
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== [[MapAPI|Webmap API]] ==
== [[SearchAPI|Search API]] ==
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Documentation about the Webmap API.  The Second Life Webmap API allows you to embed Second Life Maps onto your web pages
Enables you to search Second Life for events, groups, people, places, and also to search this wiki.
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== [[World API]] ==
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API for gathering information on residents, groups, and parcels.
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== [[Live Data Feeds]] ==
== [[Picture Service]] ==
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Live data feeds provided by Linden Lab.
Web service which retrieves any texture from the Second Life Grid in the JPEG format.
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== [[Community Web Service APIs|Third-party / Community Web Services]] ==
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Web services and other APIs provided by third parties related to Second Life but not affiliated with Linden Lab.
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Latest revision as of 01:24, 29 February 2024

Also see Second Life Develop.

Official Second Life APIs provided by Linden Lab

These are official Second Life APIs provided and documented by Linden Lab.

Registration API

Enables you to register Second Life residents from your web page.

Map API

Enables you to embed Second Life Maps onto your web pages.

Media Plugin API

API used by Second Life Viewer media rendering plugins.

Inventory API

Provides information on agent inventory.

Live Data Feeds

Live data feeds provided by Linden Lab.

Viewer Web Widgets

Widgets used in the login screen and elsewhere. (Experiment-in-progress!)

Name to Agent ID API

Enables you to translate usernames to their corresponding agent ID.

Unofficial APIs

This information is not provided or reviewed by Linden Lab.
Linden Lab does not guarantee that these APIs work as described or work at all. Use at your own risk!

Snapshot API

Format of information contained within snapshots sent from the viewer.

Search API

Enables you to search Second Life for events, groups, people, places, and also to search this wiki.

World API

API for gathering information on residents, groups, and parcels.

Picture Service

Web service which retrieves any texture from the Second Life Grid in the JPEG format.

Third-party / Community Web Services

Web services and other APIs provided by third parties related to Second Life but not affiliated with Linden Lab.