Well yeah the qrcode (barcode) is just the long API key on it's own.
The URL to the API is what's shown below without the https://kano.is on the front of it.
The reason the code is there like that is coz if any web page or app needs just the API key, without the full URL, that's what it gives you.
It's not difficult to add the rest of the text (though it is slow) but the API key itself is necessary to be 100% correct but more difficult to enter correctly due to it's length and the fact it's random, so you can scan that part with a qrcode reader on your phone/tablet.
If the full URL doesn't work, then I guess their program requires something different.
Tell them to change it
However, be wary of 'random' programs accessing the API.
It would seem that some coders think that the more often you get the API the better ... but in fact it's pointless accessing the API over and over.
Probably about once every 5 or 10 minutes is more than enough if you are looking for a miner that's gone offline.
If you do access it too often, your IP will get auto-banned for a while ... come back the next day
I'm doing a possible update to KanoDB today if I get the changes I'm doing finished.
I'll add another qrcode of the full URL below the one already there also, if I get time.
The URL to the API is what's shown below without the https://kano.is on the front of it.
The reason the code is there like that is coz if any web page or app needs just the API key, without the full URL, that's what it gives you.
It's not difficult to add the rest of the text (though it is slow) but the API key itself is necessary to be 100% correct but more difficult to enter correctly due to it's length and the fact it's random, so you can scan that part with a qrcode reader on your phone/tablet.
If the full URL doesn't work, then I guess their program requires something different.
Tell them to change it
However, be wary of 'random' programs accessing the API.
It would seem that some coders think that the more often you get the API the better ... but in fact it's pointless accessing the API over and over.
Probably about once every 5 or 10 minutes is more than enough if you are looking for a miner that's gone offline.
If you do access it too often, your IP will get auto-banned for a while ... come back the next day
I'm doing a possible update to KanoDB today if I get the changes I'm doing finished.
I'll add another qrcode of the full URL below the one already there also, if I get time.
Thanks Kano and gchil0... I did get the app working and pulling in Kano stats.
I'll take a look at app settings to see if I can prevent it from pinging the DB too many times per day. Agree that all I'm really trying to do is keep track of miners to be sure they are up and running.
Thanks again
