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How I am suposed to use the image server?
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Robyn Green
Genesis Corp
#1 - 2011-12-16 03:14:17 UTC

I was wondering, I would need the NPC corporation/faction logos for a project and those are not in the image datadump, they seem to be on the image server.

Now, am I suposed to hotlink them or run a script to download them all ?
Crystal Wolf
Invision Hosting
#2 - 2011-12-16 03:49:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Crystal Wolf
You can simply hotlink them using the info here: https://image.eveonline.com/

If the project is a desktop application instead of a browser based thing you may benefit from writing something that caches the images locally after retrieving them.

But if your project is just something browser based like a website then just hot link the images.

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Talaan Stardrifter
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2011-12-16 07:57:48 UTC
It would likely be in your benefit to cache them youself regardless of your application type.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#4 - 2011-12-16 11:09:25 UTC
Hot linking from the image website's a good idea. Because:
A: you don't have it hitting your bandwidth.
B: It only hits the users bandwidth once (I'm assuming it's set for caching on the client.), for any hit on it within a defined period. Regardless of which websites they go to.


Local application is a different matter.

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Robyn Green
Genesis Corp
#5 - 2011-12-18 23:10:10 UTC
Thanks Wolf I had not thought about checking the root of the server for infos... 1st thing I should have done >.<
Irijah Onzo
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#6 - 2011-12-20 02:29:07 UTC