How can i get channel state without using socket?

[ScreamMyName 100]

Hi guys I'm in the middle of coding my first login window. I have one last thing to do and I could it with socket ble ble but I guess it's kinda lame.

So can someone show me any examples of how can I get the state of the channel and depending on either it's online or offline change the buttons ? (green/red)

[cndR_s 242]

Use a script in php for check channel status.

 

Then send a request with urllib

check = urllib.urlopen("http://webpageadress/check_server.php?status=").read()

if check == 1:
  youserverON
else
  youserverOFF

Should work.

[masodikbela 1367]

Well, you can use the ServerStateChecker. You can find it in an original intrologin.py, but I will try to show you how it works.

Firstly, you need to create a new ServerStateChecker and give the current python module to this, which means it will call its functions from the current python script (eg. yourNewIntrologin.py).

ServerStateChecker.Create(self)

You must write it before you wants to do anything with the ServerStateChecker. Do it eg in the Open(self) function, or what you call first when you open the login window.
 
After that write this:

ServerStateChecker.Initialize();
ServerStateChecker.AddChannel(id, ip, udp_port)
ServerStateChecker.Request()

Then create a new function in the same class named NotifyChannelState(self, channelID, state)
The ServerStateChecker will trigger this function, and you will get the state of the channel. Then you could do what you want with it.

And last but not least, add this to the OnUpdate function:

ServerStateChecker.Update()

I hope it was understandable and helpful.

[Koray 2011]

STATE_NONE = "|cFFFF0000|hOFF"

 

STATE_DICT = {

0 : "|cFFFF0000|hOFF",

1 : "|cff00ff00|hNORM",

2 : "|cff00ff00|hBUSY",

3 : "|cff00ff00|hFULL"

}