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aren't you risking accusations of racism because it is a White King only? (gasp)
#BlackKingsMatter
Perhaps the unofficial cutout version (unofficial stencil version) would be politically correct for all? As seen here on the CFC's fresh new unofficial cloud storage landing page...
If I was pres, (that's a mighty big IF) the CFC membership would have cloud storage for their games ... and a game interface to view them ... with commenting and branch analysis too.
Unofficially official value for your membership dollars, ha!
The A in JAMstack is for APIs. Behind the scenes, Ratings uses an API. This is what your registration software wants (instead of having to scrape HTML; which cannot be done anyways because the HTML is built dynamically with VueJS). The Ratings API is tiny (less than 100 lines of code) and is temporarily hosted on one of my servers (will move later). On a whim, I may change it. With that caveat, you're welcome to use it directly. Example:
It is a GET. As per spec, POST should be reserved for requests that change state on the server for reasons including caching. POSTs cannot be cached. GETs can. I do use caching to reduce load on my server in certain situations. Have fun & good luck with your registration software.
Just make sure that the players/rating file is still accessible by Swiss Manager.
The A in JAMstack is for APIs. Behind the scenes, Ratings uses an API. This is what your registration software wants (instead of having to scrape HTML; which cannot be done anyways because the HTML is built dynamically with VueJS). The Ratings API is tiny (less than 100 lines of code) and is temporarily hosted on one of my servers (will move later). On a whim, I may change it. With that caveat, you're welcome to use it directly. Example:
It is a GET. As per spec, POST should be reserved for requests that change state on the server for reasons including caching. POSTs cannot be cached. GETs can. I do use caching to reduce load on my server in certain situations. Have fun & good luck with your registration software.
thank you. I'm not going to be doing anything yet -will wait until things have stabilized so hope you will post when that has happened.
Is it possible to use POST format for the CFC rating page?
The A in JAMstack is for APIs. Behind the scenes, Ratings uses an API. This is what your registration software wants (instead of having to scrape HTML; which cannot be done anyways because the HTML is built dynamically with VueJS). The Ratings API is tiny (less than 100 lines of code) and is temporarily hosted on one of my servers (will move later). On a whim, I may change it. With that caveat, you're welcome to use it directly. Example:
It is a GET. As per spec, POST should be reserved for requests that change state on the server for reasons including caching. POSTs cannot be cached. GETs can. I do use caching to reduce load on my server in certain situations. Have fun & good luck with your registration software.
Fixed. Now using the new FIDE url format. I copied from the old chess.ca which had the old FIDE url format. Thanks, Roger.
Is it possible to use POST format for the CFC rating page? e.g. https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/ when looking for a particular CFC #.
My registration software for example (and presumably when you get to publishing crosstables it will also be useful) uses the link to verify ratings, expiry, FIDE ID, etc. With only a _GET format, links by third parties to a players CFC "card" won't work.
Thanks, Neil. Email sent. Requested .ai and .svg. I can open both. Lately I use the frugal man's version of Illustrator and PhotoShop: Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. Got 'em even cheaper during their annual Black Friday sale.
Nice. I like yours better than mine. The king has cleaner lines and it's a little simpler. Simple is better and more flexible (usable in more places like stickers, pins, t-shirts, etc). Funny we came up with the same general idea 13 years apart. Overcoming my shyness ;), can I get the vector file (.svg I assume)?
Hit me up for some files ... I prepared four of them for you. Two for the logo, .svg .ai ... Two for the cutout logo, .svg .ai ... CFC cutout logo??? WTF?
...put this version over anything and it will come through ...great stencil ...spray that on a tee ...HA!
societyofchessaficionados at gmail dot com
:))))
Oh ya forgot to mention ... the Illustrator files (.ai) are fully adjustable. And I did make a subtle change to the logo ...I put a slight curve to the base of the King.
... or if you want the vector file as is ...don't be shy, just ask :))))
Nice. I like yours better than mine. The king has cleaner lines and it's a little simpler. Simple is better and more flexible (usable in more places like stickers, pins, t-shirts, etc). Funny we came up with the same general idea 13 years apart. Overcoming my shyness ;), can I get the vector file (.svg I assume)?
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