How can I send data from gameserver to external server?

[Mind Rapist 178]

Hello devs it's been a while... Today I have a very strange question: how can I send a request from the gameserver (FreeBSD) to an external server (Windows)? I want to create an XML file that contains the status of the channels (Auth, DB, Ch1,2,3,4,5,6, World server (game99)) and I want my gameserver to send a request that changes the values in the XML on the other server every time a channel is launched or shut down. I know it can be done with the shell files I just don't know how to do it. I appreciate any help

[Crystal™ 25]

8 minutes ago, Mind Rapist said:

Hello devs it's been a while... Today I have a very strange question: how can I send a request from the gameserver (FreeBSD) to an external server (Windows)? I want to create an XML file that contains the status of the channels (Auth, DB, Ch1,2,3,4,5,6, World server (game99)) and I want my gameserver to send a request that changes the values in the XML on the other server every time a channel is launched or shut down. I know it can be done with the shell files I just don't know how to do it. I appreciate any help

You mean in client?

[Mind Rapist 178]

Just now, Crystal™ said:

You mean in client?

Nope an external Windows Server

[Crystal™ 25]

5 minutes ago, Mind Rapist said:

Nope an external Windows Server

I think you need to create a client to contact with the gameserver ^^

[Koray 1939]

You can use remote connections from your game server, Already have a few examples on game source, look at to openid.

[Mind Rapist 178]

Can I see those examples? They may help. Thanks for responding

[iltizio 212]

I'm not sure I understand. 

We can help you better if you tell us the scope.

What's your objective?

[metin2team 741]

1 hour ago, Mind Rapist said:

how can I send a request from the gameserver (FreeBSD) to an external server (Windows)?

If I understood it right.. you should do it the other way around.

Windows server -> FreeBSD (game) server.

which means .. Windows server requests the channels data and the FreeBSD returns the values or an xml file which will be saved by the windows server.

and you can use the API for that

good luck.

[Mind Rapist 178]

11 minutes ago, metin2team said:

If I understood it right.. you should do it the other way around.

Windows server -> FreeBSD (game) server.

which means .. Windows server requests the channels data and the FreeBSD returns the values or an xml file which will be saved by the windows server.

and you can use the API for that

good luck.

Actually I want to make the FreeBSD request an edit to the XML from the Windows server every time a channel starts or stops. What API can I use for this?

[iltizio 212]

Maybe I understood.

There are a lot of ways to do this.

One of this is via webserver. 

On windows server install a Webserver with PHP support or asp.net (for example Microsoft IIS).

Create a php page that catch GET input and write your xml.

On start and stop script for your gameserver do a curl on your webpage passing via GET method the channel and core and the status.

The curl command could be something like this:
curl http://123.123.123.123/write_xml.php?channel=CH1_1&status=start

https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?curl(1)

[Sogma 15]

You can use python sockets. In that case your windows server is the server and the FreeBSD machine is the client.

server.py and client.py are in the attachments since I am not allowed to post formatted texts in here ....

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[Galet 496]

There's the adminpage api which is pretty similar and can be used, otherwise look at some examples in sources (Like OpenID, like Koray said)

[Mind Rapist 178]

Thanks to all of you guys I will start trying ideas