API Access to Logbook [IMPLEMENTED]

Feature Requests
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@KB6JFL Yes! The update is available for macOS and Windows! Just download and run the installer!

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Hate to revive an old thread, but I do wonder if thereā€™s an actual API that I could program against or of Iā€™d have to rip apart a binary to get into that? I personally would love an API (and docs!) to work with, as Iā€™d love to programmatically add entries to my logbook.

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Iā€™ve built a contest app for our club, and can pull logs from LOTW and QRZ, but POTA QSOā€™s from WRL ā†’ QRZ are not getting through with the required SIG tags. An API would be better than debugging your QRZ integration. What is the status of an API?

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bump?

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Revisting an old postā€¦I see you implemented a UDP listener to handle receiving N1MM-formatted messages for the ContactInfo packet. First to establish an important guidelineā€¦many of us that write other programs have adopted the N1MM UDP standard rather than reinvent the wheel. I mention that as while programs may send data to your app in the same format, the App field may not be N1MM.

While the UDP listener is a good step, it does require the logger to ensure another program is running. A true API (with session validation, etc) would allow us to upload messages directly without having to ensure your CAT control was running. An obvious example is that I have no need for the CAT control since my log program (TR4W) is handling rig control on its own. All I really need is a way to do a POST to your server. The authentication/session and input edit checking ensures bad data isnā€™t written. The data can be very similar to what N1MM sends.

Now if your preferred use case is that user always has the WRL CAT server running, then I understand how that is simpler. But as I said, if I have no interest in using the CAT server for actual CAT functionality, then running a distinct program becomes less intuitive save for th esession handling it buys you.

73,

Tom NY4I

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I happened to check the WRL website today and see there is now an API. I grabbed my token and proceeded to upload, change and delete a contact.

I just used cURL as a test but now I can add that to TR4W. Very nice! Thanks for the nice implementation.

Tom Schaefer NY4I

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Thank you, Tom! Great to hear it!