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Function for people to be able to register for an Output API key  
Written by stevieflow the 25 Sep 09 at 16:26. Global category: Publishing Plings Data. New
For people wishing to use the XML data, an auto method to get an API key for live data would be useful.
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Solution #1: Copy Google ;-)
Written by stevieflow the 25 Sep 09 at 16:26.
As with http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html there is a one step process to agree to the terms, register the domain for the API usage and the generate the API key.

We may not want to tie the API use with the domain however, if people are developing on test servers and even publishing data / apps to other domains
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Solution #2: Have a friendly form!
Written by stevieflow the 26 Sep 09 at 12:16.
Anybody contributing to Plings, either by adding data, or reusing it - will need an API key. Therefore, have a nice friendly form for people to easily declare their need(s) from Plings - and then generating the API key and other details - would be needed

Inspiration taken from
http://odadeo.com/signup

"I am a (Activity provider / Local authority / developer ) and I want to help Plings by (adding my data / reusing the data ), etc ..>"

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cache xml/rss  
Written by brucenetworks the 18 Aug 09 at 19:46. Global category: Publishing Plings Data. New
The data we have in plings continues to increase day by day. At some point in the future we will have to cache the information locally or
maybe even on the plings server itself. This needs careful consideration as we don't want out date or incorrect information reaching users.


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Solution #1: use apache etags
Written by brucenetworks the 18 Aug 09 at 19:46.
apache has a setting that generates a hash based on a number
of definable settings such as file size file date inode number.

The client and the server send the hash to each other
if they match the server responds with a not modified
message.

This is a opt in system the client can ignore if needed.

This would save bandwidth and resources for all plings users.

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Solution #2: add gzip support
Written by brucenetworks the 18 Aug 09 at 20:02.
apache can zip the document up before sending it out.
This saves bandwidth however I think the client MUST
be able to unzip. This could cause awful things to happen
if the client can't do this.

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What's New  
Written by timd the 6 Aug 09 at 14:46. Global category: Publishing Plings Data. New
A feed or easy API call to fetch only recently changed records or information.

It would be great to be able to send information providers, youth workers, parents & young people a list of 'new' activities this week. This would be a feed which excluded (in some way) recurrence of activities from previous weeks - but highlighted substantially changed or new activities.
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Solution #1: Filtered feeds
Written by timd the 6 Aug 09 at 14:46.
Some code which filters feeds to provide this 'new activity' functionality.

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Plings logo in XML output  
Written by David C the 15 Jul 09 at 16:08. Global category: Publishing Plings Data. New
Provide a link back to a plings logo in the XML output.

Might just be useful for e.g. 'data powered by plings' type attributions.

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Solution #1: Add field with a link to a web image
Written by David C the 15 Jul 09 at 16:08.

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There should be a keyword search on the Output API  
Written by David C the 13 Jul 09 at 16:18. Global category: Publishing Plings Data. New
Narrowing searches of the API can be problematic - with more and more filters it is easy to narrow your search so much that you end up missing results. Having said that it would seem to me that:

"Show me everything tagged with Football in Stockport" should be the kind of call the API could deal with.

For now I would suggest this is only a 'keyword' search.
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Solution #1: New search parameter ?keyword=
Written by David C the 13 Jul 09 at 16:18.
Additional 'optional parameter' in a search.

Maybe it would be possible to combine keywords e.g. football,tennis

Perhaps this would work as a comma separated list.

I guess we would want this on all outputs (xml, rss, kml, etc)

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