[Dxspider-support] QRZ lookups via DX Spider
Michael Carper, Ph.D.
mike at wa9pie.net
Sat Aug 6 22:51:21 BST 2016
Okay... got it. The quotes aren't needed. Perfect. All set.
Anyone have the secret decoder ring for installing usdb?
Mike, WA9PIE
On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Michael Carper, Ph.D. <mike at wa9pie.net>
wrote:
> I'm going out on a limb and make a wild-ass guess here...
>
> Where the file has:
>
> $qrz_uid = 'wa9pie';
> #
> $qrz_uid = undef;
>
> I suppose you need one or the other. That wasn't clear. But
> regardless... I commented out one of them and I get the same message (and
> yes, I did the same with password and I do have an XML subscription).
>
> So yeah... if anyone can help me decode this with specifics... that would
> be gratefully appreciated.
>
> I also can't create the usdb because there's no Zlib on my system (as far
> as I can tell this is the cause). I can't figure out how to get it
> installed. (and I've installed everything else).
>
> Mike, WA9PIE
>
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Michael Carper, Ph.D. <mike at wa9pie.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Well crap... that's about as clear as the bottom of Loch Ness!
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Ian Maude <maudeij at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Make your mind up Mike ;)
>>>
>>> # set this to your QRZ user name (you need this for the sh/qrz
>>> # command)
>>> #
>>> # eg
>>> $qrz_uid = 'wa9pie';
>>> #
>>> $qrz_uid = undef;
>>>
>>> #
>>> # QRZ.com password - this goes with your user id above
>>> #
>>> # eg
>>> $qrz_pw = 'xxxxxxxxxxx';
>>> #
>>> $qrz_pw = undef;
>>> #
>>>
>>> 73 Ian
>>>
>>> On 6 August 2016 at 16:56, Michael Carper, Ph.D. <mike at wa9pie.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'm doing the same thing, but I get:
>>> > qrz> Error : Username / password required
>>> >
>>> > And I surely have my username and password in the file.
>>> >
>>> > My Internet.pm file is as follows:
>>> >
>>> > ****************************
>>> >
>>> > #
>>> > # in order for you to use the internet accessing routines you
>>> > # need to set various flags and things in this file
>>> > #
>>> > # BUT DO NOT ALTER THIS FILE! It will be overwritten on every update
>>> > #
>>> > # COPY this file to ../local, alter it there and restart the software
>>> > #
>>> > # Copyright (c) 2000 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
>>> > #
>>> > #
>>> > #
>>> > package Internet;
>>> > #
>>> > # set this flag to 1 if you want to allow internet commands
>>> > #
>>> > $allow = 1;
>>> > #
>>> > # QRZ.com user id
>>> > #
>>> > # set this to your QRZ user name (you need this for the sh/qrz
>>> > # command)
>>> > #
>>> > # eg
>>> > $qrz_uid = 'wa9pie';
>>> > #
>>> > $qrz_uid = undef;
>>> >
>>> > #
>>> > # QRZ.com password - this goes with your user id above
>>> > #
>>> > # eg
>>> > $qrz_pw = 'xxxxxxxxxxx';
>>> > #
>>> > $qrz_pw = undef;
>>> > #
>>> > # the address of any HTTP proxy you might be using
>>> > #
>>> > # leave as is unless you need one
>>> > #
>>> > # eg: $http_proxy = 'wwwcache.demon.co.uk';
>>> > #
>>> > $http_proxy = undef;
>>> > #
>>> > # HTTP proxy port - again leave alone unless you need this
>>> > #
>>> > # eg: $http_proxy_port = 8080;
>>> > #
>>> >
>>> > #
>>> > # list of urls and other things that are used in commands, here so
>>> that they
>>> > # can be changed if necessary.
>>> > #
>>> > $qrz_url = 'xmldata.qrz.com'; # used by show/qrz
>>> > $wm7d_url = 'www.wm7d.net'; # used by show/wm7d
>>> > $db0sdx_url = 'www.qslinfo.de'; # used by show/db0sdx
>>> > $db0sdx_path = '/qslinfo';
>>> > $db0sdx_suffix = '.asmx';
>>> > $dx425_url = 'www.iz5fsa.net'; # used by show/425
>>> > #$contest_host = 'www.sk3bg.se'; # used by show/contest
>>> > #$contest_url = "/contest/text"; # used by show/contest
>>> > #SHOW/IK3QAR <callsign> Show the 5 most recent informations found on
>>> IK3QAR
>>> > ##Callsign Database about QSL Manager, Manager address and comments.
>>> This
>>> > ##command works for sysop subscribed for the service at:
>>> > ## http://www.ik3qar.it/manager/dxc.php
>>> > ##Write the given password below in $ik3qar_pw
>>> > #
>>> > $ik3qar_url = 'www.ik3qar.it'; # used by show/ik3qar
>>> > $ik3qar_pw = 'PUT-PASSWORD-HERE'; # used by show/ik3qar
>>> > # NOTE: you must copy $ik3qar_* lines to local/Internet.pm for them to
>>> have
>>> > # any effect on an already running node.
>>> > #
>>> > #
>>> > # end
>>> > #
>>> > 1;
>>> >
>>> > ****************************
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 1:29 AM, IZ5FSA <iz5fsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> It works, but you have (simply) to not define variable
>>> >>
>>> >> $qrz_url
>>> >>
>>> >> or you have to define it as
>>> >>
>>> >> $qrz_url = 'xmldata.qrz.com';
>>> >>
>>> >> It works for me on IZ5FSA-6 at telnet://www.iz5fsa.net:8000
>>> >>
>>> >> 73 de Leo IZ5FSA
>>> >>
>>> >> Il 06/08/2016 06:49, Michael Carper, Ph.D. ha scritto:
>>> >>
>>> >> Here's "an oldie but a goodie"...
>>> >>
>>> >> Does anyone have the "sh/qrz" command actually returning data from
>>> >> QRZ.com?
>>> >>
>>> >> Mike, WA9PIE
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Dave Trainor <dave at n8zfm.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Yes that was all I did. But I had in place my QRZ logon and password
>>> >>> before hand. I just never had noticed the lookup failure on the Url
>>> change,
>>> >>> wonder how log that had not worked? Its not a feature I personally
>>> use and
>>> >>> none of the users told me it was broke.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 73 – Dave N8ZFM KY4XX Node
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> From: Michael Carper <mike at wa9pie.net>
>>> >>> Reply-To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
>>> >>> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 4:46 PM
>>> >>> To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] QRZ lookups via DX Spider
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Dave... all you did was update the Internet.pm file to "
>>> xmldata.qrz.com"
>>> >>> and it worked after restarting the node?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Mike, WA9PIE
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Dave Trainor <dave at n8zfm.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Discovered that I also had the outdated Internet.pm URL for QRZ so
>>> >>>> updated
>>> >>>> it today. I did have to restart the node and now its doing lookups
>>> just
>>> >>>> fine. Nice to hear about a problem, confirm that I have it, and
>>> have the
>>> >>>> solution all in the same e-mail.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> 73 and happy DX to all
>>> >>>> N8ZFM, Dave KY4XX node
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On 9/2/15, 3:21 PM, "Ian Maude" <maudeij at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >Yes, you do have to restart the node. It works for me with a
>>> standard
>>> >>>> >login and I am not paying for xml data.
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> >73 Ian
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> >On 2 September 2015 at 17:30, Michael Carper <mike at wa9pie.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>> >> I'm gonna try changing the line in Internet.pm from "www.qrz.com"
>>> to
>>> >>>> >> "xmldata.qrz.com" and see if it works. Do you need to restart
>>> DX
>>> >>>> >>Spider in
>>> >>>> >> order for this to take?
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> I really like the idea of having support for HamQTH.
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> Mike, WA9PIE
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 6:55 AM, Ricardo Suarez <
>>> lu9dahdu at gmail.com>
>>> >>>> >>wrote:
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> I write a HamQTH parser many years ago and still works, free and
>>> >>>> >>>plug-in
>>> >>>> >>> replacement for sh/qrz!
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> login: lu9da
>>> >>>> >>> lu9da
>>> >>>> >>> Hello Rick, this is LU9DA-6 in Mar del Plata, Argentina
>>> >>>> >>> running DXSpider V1.55 build 0.141
>>> >>>> >>> Cluster: 370 nodes, 4 local / 3183 total users Max users 8263
>>> >>>> >>> Uptime
>>> >>>> >>>325
>>> >>>> >>> 14:07
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> LU9DA de LU9DA-6 2-Sep-2015 1144Z dxspider > sh/hqth lu9da
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> HAMQTH search for lu9da:
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> callsign : lu9da
>>> >>>> >>> nick : Rick
>>> >>>> >>> qth : Mar del Plata
>>> >>>> >>> country : Argentina
>>> >>>> >>> adif : 100
>>> >>>> >>> itu : 13
>>> >>>> >>> cq : 13
>>> >>>> >>> grid : GF12EA
>>> >>>> >>> adr_name : Ricardo
>>> >>>> >>> adr_street1 : SAVIO 1158 Dto. 2
>>> >>>> >>> adr_city : Mar del Plata
>>> >>>> >>> adr_zip : B7600
>>> >>>> >>> adr_country : Argentina
>>> >>>> >>> adr_adif : 100
>>> >>>> >>> lotw : Y
>>> >>>> >>> qsldirect : ?
>>> >>>> >>> qsl : Y
>>> >>>> >>> qsl_via : Direct with SASE and U$S 3 - better eqsl.cc
>>> or
>>> >>>> >>> lotw
>>> >>>> >>> -
>>> >>>> >>> Paypal allowed
>>> >>>> >>> eqsl : Y
>>> >>>> >>> email : lu9da at lu9da.org
>>> >>>> >>> birth_year : 1964
>>> >>>> >>> lic_year : 1979
>>> >>>> >>> web : http://www.lu9da.org
>>> >>>> >>> latitude : -37.9798583984375
>>> >>>> >>> longitude : -57.58979415893555
>>> >>>> >>> continent : SA
>>> >>>> >>> utc_offset : 3
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> LU9DA de LU9DA-6 2-Sep-2015 1145Z dxspider >
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> Rick LU9DA
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> El 02/09/2015 a las 09:03, Keith Le Boutillier escribió:
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Ian
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> As a sysop do we need to pay for the QRZ xmldata service?
>>> >>>> >>>> Mine stopped working a while back and I don't really want to
>>> pay
>>> >>>> >>>> for
>>> >>>> >>>> information that is available from many sources.
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> 73 Keith GU6EFB Sysop GB7DXG-1
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>>> >>>> From: Dxspider-support
>>> >>>> >>>>[mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org] On
>>> >>>> >>>> Behalf Of Ian Maude
>>> >>>> >>>> Sent: 02 September 2015 09:08
>>> >>>> >>>> To: The DXSpider Support list
>>> >>>> >>>> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] QRZ lookups via DX Spider
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Mike,
>>> >>>> >>>> This was changed a little time ago. The new URL is..
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> $qrz_url = 'xmldata.qrz.com¹;
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> 73 Ian
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> On 2 September 2015 at 05:08, Michael Carper <mike at wa9pie.net>
>>> >>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> >>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>> >>>>> Hey folks... has something happened to the URL on QRZ.com
>>> that was
>>> >>>> >>>>> in
>>> >>>> >>>>> "Internet.pm" that enabled folks to use QRZ.com lookups (using
>>> >>>> >>>>> your
>>> >>>> >>>>> credentials) while connected to DX Spider?
>>> >>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>> >>>>> When I attempt a "show/qrz <callsign>", I get the following:
>>> >>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>> >>>>> "301 Moved Permanently"
>>> >>>> >>>>> "Data provided by www.qrz.com"
>>> >>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>> >>>>> Mike, WA9PIE
>>> >>>> >>>>>
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