World API

NOTE: This API and its documentation are NOT provided or supported by Linden Lab. Linden Lab does not guarantee that this API works as described or works at all. Use at your own risk!

Second Life APIs

• Registration API

• Map API

• Inventory API
• Live Data Feeds
• Media Plugin API

• Marketplace API for Viewers

Unofficial APIs

• Search API
• Snapshot API
• World API
• Picture Service

What is the World API?

It is a set of detail pages normally used in search, but scripts can grab "meta" tags for details and also parse the title for key2name translation on the web.

Resident

With world.secondlife.com/resident/ you can grab the profile description, avatar image and name of the avatar from in LSL or other webpages.

Example: http://world.secondlife.com/resident/24e6998d-7bf2-4d03-b38b-acf8f2a21fc1

   <title>Zido (zidonuke.ghost)</title> 
   <meta name="mat" content="PG_NOT" /> 
   <meta name="imageid" content="46b4d637-c785-4a86-865d-8fd0a56c4200" /> 
   <meta name="agentid" content="24e6998d-7bf2-4d03-b38b-acf8f2a21fc1" /> 
   <meta name="description" content="Zidonuke..." /> 

Place

With world.secondlife.com/place you can grab parcel information as detailed below.

Example: http://world.secondlife.com/place/49ef8b3d-a0cd-8f6f-b226-b19c566d9b60

   <meta name="boost" content="0" /> 
   <meta name="description" content="Deshima Station, a space station science fiction existing far away from major space colonies or settlements and without the bondage of their rules. This is the harsh existence of living on the frontier. This is an OOC and RP (roleplay) friendly area." /> 
   <meta name="region" content="Deshima" /> 
   <meta name="location" content="116/128/2975" /> 
   <meta name="snapshot" content="http://secondlife.com/app/image/85717756-ee05-7b22-56d6-1684c74ea002/1" /> 
   <meta name="mat" content="M_AO" /> 
   <meta name="imageid" content="85717756-ee05-7b22-56d6-1684c74ea002" /> 
   <meta name="parcel" content="" /> 
   <meta name="parcelid" content="49ef8b3d-a0cd-8f6f-b226-b19c566d9b60" /> 
   <meta name="area" content="63504"> 
   <meta name="ownerid" content="e0ed0f49-0de4-37c5-e7be-5f1b60de9bcf" /> 
   <meta name="ownertype" content="group" /> 
   <meta name="owner" content="QuickFox.org " /> 
   <meta name="category" content="Hangout" /> 

Group

With world.secondlife.com/group you can grab group information as detailed below.

Example: http://world.secondlife.com/group/e0ed0f49-0de4-37c5-e7be-5f1b60de9bcf

   <meta name="description" content="A group used internally by QuickFox.org and QuickFox.net management." /> 
   <meta name="member_count" content="53" /> 
   <meta name="open_enrollment" content="N" /> 
   <meta name="membership_fee" content="0" /> 
   <meta name="founderid" content="0f15391e-105f-4b05-91e3-48b73c60ae64" /> 
   <meta name="founder" content="Ash Weststar (ash.qin)" /> 
   <meta name="groupid" content="e0ed0f49-0de4-37c5-e7be-5f1b60de9bcf" /> 
   <meta name="imageid" content="1ca1de4c-092d-3ca0-d3bc-fc4fbfe76dae" /> 
   <meta name="mat" content="PG_NOT" />