Dear Peter, The "Abuse Finder" form doesn't need a UserID and Password. If you are referring to the Labs site, then I sugest you just register yourself and you'll be able to post to the forum. The "Abuse Finder" form actually uses an extension to the RIPE Database Query API, which is implemented in the form of a RESTful Web Service. The API allows you to write script against this search tool and responses can be received in either XML or JSON format for easy parsing. We will be updating the API documentation soon, but in the meantime you could try clicking the XML and JSON icons next to the response from the "Abuse Finder" form to see the original response from the web service. Regards, Paul Palse -- Database Group Manager at RIPE NCC http://www.ripe.net/info/ncc/contact.html On 26 Apr, 2010 Week: 18, at 18:06 PM, peter h wrote:
On Monday 26 April 2010 16.22, Mirjam Kuehne wrote:
[apologies for duplicates]
Dear colleagues,
If you ever wished there would be an easier way to find all abuse-related contact information for a specific network in the RIPE Database, this new Abuse Finder tool might be interesting for you:
the webforms seems to need userid/password. Where do i get this ?
Also, i personallt would prefer scriptable stuff ( anything that generates text output that may be scripted) Any hope for that ?
As always, please let us know what you think. We are also curious to find out if there are other more customised 'use case queries' you would find useful. We set up a forum to gather your feedback:
http://labs.ripe.net/content/ripe-database-api-0
Kind Regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC
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