AmigaMapPing / 2021-01-26 04:58:28

My friend maw2k has been developing and maintaining the excellent AmigaMap since 2011 . AmigaMap was two things (1) a database to collect information about Amigas outhere and (2) a map showing these Amiga. The map was passive, showing the registered Amigas, whether or not they were actually on-line... Here comes the idea of AmigaMapPing!

In a Nutshell

With maw2k providing REST-like APIs, I wrote a small Amiga program that can "ping" regularly a live version of AmigaMap to let it know that the Amiga on which it's running is alive and kicking... and connected to the Internet! You can see this live map at https://live.amigamap.com/.

AmigaMapPing quite simply uses an HTTP client (the same as AmiModRadio) to call REST-like APIs. It knows which is your Amiga in the AmigaMap database via its tool-type ID. You can get this ID from AmigaMap when viewing your contributions overthere. (AmigaMapPing also works without ID, then showing an "anonymous" Amiga.)

Requirements

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Availability and Downloads

AmigaMapPing is open source. Its source code and binaries are available on SourceForge and BitBucket ! Manual and other resources are available here . AmigaMapPing binaries are also available here:

• 21/01/24, v0.5: first release of AmigaMapPing! The core features are there: AmigaMapPing opens a small, light window, contacts the server to retrieve some information, and, then, pings the server every 15 minutes. It's not yet a real Commodity and immediately exits if it cannot connect to the Internet...