Linden Lab Official:Reg API Examples
NOTE: This is an official Second Life API provided and documented by Linden Lab. Its use is subject to the API Terms of Use.
Unofficial APIs
The following examples illustrate using the Reg API to register a new user with a specified Second Life first name and last name. The example code first checks to determine the availability of the selected first and last name, and either registers the user or returns an error message if the name is already taken.
LLSD library downloads
To use a library:
- Remove the -lib suffix from the file name.
- Put the file in the same directory as the application code, such as the examples below.
- Ruby LLSD library (version 1.3)
- PHP LLSD library (version 1.0)
- Python LLSD library (version 1.2)
- Perl LLSD library (version 1.0)
NOTE: The PHP scripts only work with PHP4.
An externally developed Java implementation of LLSD and RegAPI is available at http://mimuve.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/llsd-java/src/llsd-java-0.2.1.zip . Code written by Xugu Madison, copyright held by University of St Andrews, and made available under the BSD license. Tested with Java 1.5.
Question: what version of each language is required?
Example code
Ruby
This ruby example shows how to use the Registration API.
require 'llsd'
# 0 - get capability urls
# 1 - get error codes
# 2 - get the available last names
# 3 - check to see of a username + last name combo is taken
# 4 - register the user with this username + last name combo
get_capabilities_url = "https://cap.secondlife.com/get_reg_capabilities"
# grab command line args
if ARGV.length == 3
first_name = ARGV[0]
last_name = ARGV[1]
password = ARGV[2]
else
puts "Please pass in your second life first name, last name, and password as arguments."
puts "For example: ruby registration_api.rb joe linden 1234"
exit
end
# 0 - Get Capability URLS ##############################################
puts "========== Getting capabilities ===========\n"
post_body = "first_name=#{first_name}&last_name=#{last_name}&password=#{password}"
# create a url-encoded string to POST
response_xml = LLSD.post_urlencoded_data get_capabilities_url, post_body
# POST the capability url to get capabilities
puts "xml response:" # Print out response xml
puts response_xml
puts "\n"
capability_urls = LLSD.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
capability_urls.each { |k,v| puts "#{k} => #{v}"} # print out capabilities
# 1 - Print out error codes ##############################################
puts "\n\n========== Get Error Codes Example ===========\n"
if capability_urls['get_error_codes']
response_xml = LLSD.http_raw capability_urls['get_error_codes']
# GET the capability url for getting error codes
puts "xml response:" # Print out response xml
puts response_xml
error_codes = LLSD.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
error_codes.each {|error| puts "#{error[0]} => #{error[1]}"}
# print out all error codes
else
puts "Get_error_codes capability not granted to #{first_name} #{last_name}. Exiting Prematurely ..."
end
# 2 - Get Last Names Example ##############################################
puts "\n\n========== Get Last Names Example ===========\n"
if capability_urls['get_last_names']
response_xml = LLSD.http_raw capability_urls['get_last_names']
# GET the capability url for getting last names and ids
puts "xml response:" # Print out response xml
puts response_xml
last_names = LLSD.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
last_names.each {|k,v| puts "#{k} => #{v}"} # print out last names
# 3 - Check Name Example ##############################################
print "\n\n========== Check Name Example ===========\n"
if capability_urls['check_name']
random_username = 'tester' + Kernel.rand(10000).to_s # Generate a random username
valid_last_name_id = last_names.keys.first # Get the first valid last name id
params_hash = {"username" => random_username, "last_name_id" => valid_last_name_id }
# put it in a hash
xml_to_post = LLSD.to_xml(params_hash) # convert it to llsd xml
response_xml = LLSD.post_xml(capability_urls['check_name'], xml_to_post)
puts "posted xml:" # Print out response xml
puts xml_to_post
puts "xml response:" # Print out response xml
puts response_xml
is_name_available = LLSD.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
puts "Result (is name available?): #{is_name_available}" # Print the result
# 4 - Create User Example ##############################################
puts "\n\n========== Create User Example ===========\n"
if is_name_available and capability_urls['create_user']:
# fill in the rest of the hash we started in example 2 with valid data
params_hash["email"] = random_username + "@ben.com"
params_hash["password"] = "123123abc"
params_hash["dob"] = "1980-01-01"
xml_to_post = LLSD.to_xml(params_hash) # convert it to llsd xml
response_xml = LLSD.post_xml(capability_urls['create_user'], xml_to_post)
puts "posted xml:" # Print out response xml
puts xml_to_post
puts "xml response:" # Print out response xml
puts response_xml
result_hash = LLSD.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
puts "New agent id: #{result_hash['agent_id']}" # Print the result
# ALL DONE!!
else
puts "Create_user capability not granted to #{first_name} #{last_name}. Exiting Prematurely ..."
end
else
puts "Check_name capability not granted to #{first_name} #{last_name}. Exiting Prematurely ..."
end
else
puts "Get_last_names capability not granted to #{first_name} #{last_name}. Exiting Prematurely..."
end
Python
import llsd
import urllib2, random, sys
# This python example shows how to use the Registration API. The example goes as follows:
# 0 - get capability urls
# 1 - get error codes
# 2 - get the available last names
# 3 - check to see of a username + last name combo is taken
# 4 - register the user with this username + last name combo
get_capabilities_url = "https://cap.secondlife.com/get_reg_capabilities"
# grab command line args
if len(sys.argv) == 4:
first_name = sys.argv[1]
last_name = sys.argv[2]
password = sys.argv[3]
else:
print "Please pass in your second life first name, last name, and password as arguments. For example:"
print "python registration_api.py registration mackay 1234"
sys.exit()
# 0 - Get Capability URLS #################################################################
print "========== Getting capabilities ==========="
post_body = "first_name=%s&last_name=%s&password=%s" % (first_name, last_name, password) # create a url-encoded string to POST
response_xml = urllib2.urlopen(get_capabilities_url, post_body).read() # POST the capability url to get capabilities
print "xml response:" # Print out response xml
print response_xml
capability_urls = llsd.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
for id, name in capability_urls.items(): # Print out capabilities
print "%s => %s" % (id, name)
# 1 - Print out error codes ###############################################################
if 'get_error_codes' in capability_urls:
print "\n\n========== Get Error Codes Example ===========\n"
response_xml = urllib2.urlopen(capability_urls['get_error_codes']).read() # GET the capability url for getting error codes
print "xml response:" # Print out response xml
print response_xml
error_codes = llsd.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
for error in error_codes: # Print out capabilities
print "%s => %s" % (error[0], error[1])
else:
print "Get_error_codes capability not granted to %s %s. Now Exiting Prematurely ..." % (first_name, last_name)
# 2 - Get Last Names Example ##############################################################
if 'get_last_names' in capability_urls:
print "\n\n========== Get Last Names Example ==========="
response_xml = urllib2.urlopen(capability_urls['get_last_names']).read() # GET the capability url for getting last names and ids
print "xml response:" # Print out response xml
print response_xml
last_names = llsd.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
for id, name in last_names.items(): # Print out last names
print "%s => %s" % (id, name)
# 3 - Check Name Example ##################################################################
if 'check_name' in capability_urls:
print "\n\n========== Check Name Example ==========="
random_username = 'benny' + str(random.randrange(100,10000)) # Generate a random username
valid_last_name_id = last_names.keys()[0] # Get the first valid last name id
params_hash = {"username": random_username, "last_name_id": valid_last_name_id } # put it in a hash
xml_to_post = llsd.toXML(params_hash) # convert it to llsd xml
response_xml = urllib2.urlopen(capability_urls['check_name'], xml_to_post).read()
print "posted xml " # Print out response xml
print xml_to_post
print "xml response:" # Print out response xml
print response_xml
is_name_available = llsd.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
print "Result (is name available?): %s" % (is_name_available) # Print the result
# 4 - Create User Example #################################################################
if is_name_available and 'create_user' in capability_urls:
print "\n\n========== Create User Example ==========="
xml_to_post = llsd.toXML(params_hash) # convert it to llsd xml
response_xml = urllib2.urlopen(capability_urls['create_user'], xml_to_post).read()
print "posted xml " # Print out response xml
print xml_to_post
print "xml response:" # Print out response xml
print response_xml
result_hash = llsd.parse(response_xml) # Parse the xml
print "New agent id: %s" % (result_hash["agent_id"])
print "Finalize this user at: %s" % (result_hash["complete_reg_url"])
# ALL DONE!!
else:
print "create_user capability not granted to %s %s. Now Exiting Prematurely ..." % (first_name, last_name)
else:
print "check_name capability not granted to %s %s. Now Exiting Prematurely ..." % (first_name, last_name)
else:
print "get_last_names capability not granted to %s %s. Now Exiting Prematurely ..." % (first_name, last_name)
PHP
NOTE: This uses PHP4. See also Guidelines and tips.
<?php
require_once('llsd.php');
// FILL THESE IN WITH YOUR OWN CAPABILITY URLS
define('URI_CREATE_USER', '?????????');
define('URI_GET_LAST_NAMES', '?????????');
define('URI_CHECK_NAME', '?????????');
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')
{
if (is_name_available($_POST['username'], $_POST['last_name_id']))
{
$user = array
(
'username' => $_POST['username'],
'last_name_id' => (int)$_POST['last_name_id'],
);
$result = llsd_post(URI_CREATE_USER, $user);
header( "Location: " . $result['complete_reg_url'] );
}
else
{
print 'SL name not available.';
}
}
?>
<h3>Create Second Life Account</h3>
<form action="<?php print $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>First name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="username" size="25" maxlength="31" value="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Last name:</td>
<td>
<select name="last_name_id">
<?php
$last_names = llsd_get(URI_GET_LAST_NAMES);
foreach ($last_names as $last_name_id => $name)
{
print '<option value="'.$last_name_id.'">'.$name.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Create SL Account" /></td>
</table>
</form>
<?php
function get_months()
{
$months = array();
for ($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++)
{
$key = date('n', mktime(0, 0, 0, $i, 1, 2000));
$value = date('M.', mktime(0, 0, 0, $i, 1, 2000));
$months[sprintf("%02d", $key)] = $value;
}
return $months;
}
function get_years()
{
$today = getdate();
$max_year = $today['year'] - 90;
$min_year = $today['year'] - 13;
$years = array();
for ($i = $min_year; $i >= $max_year; $i--)
{
$years[$i] = $i;
}
return $years;
}
function get_days()
{
$days = array();
for ($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++)
{
$days[sprintf("%02d", $i)] = sprintf("%02d", $i);
}
return $days;
}
function is_name_available($username, $last_name_id)
{
$params = array('username' => $username, 'last_name_id' => (int)$last_name_id);
if (llsd_post(URI_CHECK_NAME, $params) == 'true')
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
?>