Does the Seti@home project has an API ?

Questions and Answers : Wish list : Does the Seti@home project has an API ?

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Madaerodog Send message Joined: 6 Apr 05 Posts: 4 Credit: 1,150 RAC: 0	Message 936422 - Posted: 28 Sep 2009, 13:34:56 UTC
	I am interested in developing something for this project and my area of expertise is web development (php, html, flash actionscript) any chances of accessing my data through an API, like logging in, getting data, analyzing, sending it back without using the standard boinc client? maybe create an web interface on my website where if people agree can utilize their computation power to analyze data? hope it makes some sense to someone, this is a great project but we have to move it into web 2.0 style, cloud computing, api and development possibilities for the community .. ____________
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,178 RAC: 424	Message 936560 - Posted: 28 Sep 2009, 23:50:39 UTC - in response to Message 936422.
	I am interested in developing something for this project and my area of expertise is web development (php, html, flash actionscript) any chances of accessing my data through an API, like logging in, getting data, analyzing, sending it back without using the standard boinc client? maybe create an web interface on my website where if people agree can utilize their computation power to analyze data? hope it makes some sense to someone, this is a great project but we have to move it into web 2.0 style, cloud computing, api and development possibilities for the community .. Unfortunately, you are probably not going to get much help around here for doing a non-BOINC project. If you are writing a BOINC application, you might want to join the BOINC projects email list. ____________ BOINC WIKI
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Madaerodog Send message Joined: 6 Apr 05 Posts: 4 Credit: 1,150 RAC: 0	Message 936930 - Posted: 30 Sep 2009, 16:54:00 UTC
	well thats sad ... you would think that in a place like SETI new ways of doing stuff faster and smarter would find some supporters, and we could develop for the cutting edge of internet today ... boinc seems to me very sluggish and slow .. ____________
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Pooh Bear 27 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Jul 03 Posts: 3217 Credit: 1,000,061 RAC: 0	Message 936974 - Posted: 30 Sep 2009, 20:39:15 UTC
	BOINC is somewhat publicly funded. SETI is funded by private donations. Both are separate entities, even though some of the same people work on both. That being said, BOINC was created to use spare computer cycles. The projects then create programs that run under the BOINC architecture. Projects are finding ways to make their products to run faster, but BOINC does nothing but manages those. As for an API, BOINC and SETI are open source. Someone has made a Facebook API to make different projects run on your computer. I have not looked into how it works. Programmers have tried many things. Some projects now run on a PS3. They have some projects running on different Video Cards. Changes are coming all the time. So, if you are a programmer and want a challenge, go download the source and have fun. ____________
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Madaerodog Send message Joined: 6 Apr 05 Posts: 4 Credit: 1,150 RAC: 0	Message 937100 - Posted: 1 Oct 2009, 10:29:02 UTC - in response to Message 936974.
	ok so where do I find the pure boincless sources of SETI . Is that possible? thanks for answering to my questions so far. ____________
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Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3075 Credit: 341,354 RAC: 88	Message 937106 - Posted: 1 Oct 2009, 11:23:46 UTC - in response to Message 937100.
	Try Porting and optimizing SETI@home on the SETI homepage. Gruß, Gundolf
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Ageless Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 11635 Credit: 1,994,128 RAC: 4,230	Message 937132 - Posted: 1 Oct 2009, 13:57:29 UTC - in response to Message 937100.
	ok so where do I find the pure boincless sources of SETI . Is that possible?. Even if you get the source code from the link Gundolf pointed at, you'll find you need the BOINC source code as well, if you plan on building any of it. ____________ Jord - BOINC FAQ Service - BOINC User Wiki Real is just a matter of perception.
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Madaerodog Send message Joined: 6 Apr 05 Posts: 4 Credit: 1,150 RAC: 0	Message 937179 - Posted: 1 Oct 2009, 18:17:07 UTC - in response to Message 937132.
	@Gundolf thanks for pointing that out, it seems the place to start @Ageless you are right, seeing how boinc work might be a pretty good place to observe you've been really helpful guys , thank you all ____________
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Questions and Answers : Wish list : Does the Seti@home project has an API ?