[db-wg] RESTful API for create, delete and update

Can someone please provide an update regarding RIPE's RESTful APIs for manipulating the RIPE database? The documentation <https://labs.ripe.net/ripe-database/database-api/api-documentation> points to <http://lab.db.ripe.net/whois> http://lab.db.ripe.net/whois as the URL for communicating with the RIPE and TEST databases. In my testing, transactions time out with that web service endpoint. Using a slightly different URL (http://apps.db.ripe.net/whois), queries succeed but updates do not. Could it be that the web service URL has changed? Or is the e-mail template approach still preferred? Thank you in advance... Cheers, Christopher Fuselier