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[Janusz Ulanowski <janusz.ulanowski AT heanet.ie>]

Thanks a million Maja
I had no chance to test it yet I think I implement it in or 
ResourceRegistry next week.
All the best,
Janusz

On 04/09/13 12:47, Maja Wolniewicz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I added a few new functionalities to the eduGAIN metadata validator.
> As Janusz suggested it is now possible to receive the xml response.
> When the validator gets the following parameters in the POST/GET request:
> from=metadata_URL
> xmlout
> e.g.
> http://www.edugain.org/Metadata/?from=http://mds.edugain.org&xmlout
> A response has the following form:
> <xml>
> <returncode>code</returncode>
> <message>
> <error>errors info</error>
> <warning>warning info</warning>
> </message>
> </xml>
>
> You could use http://www.edugain.org/Metadata/xml.php instead and then
> only 'from' parameter is required.
> To check metadata containing one entity (not starting with
> EntitiesDescriptor) add 'oneentity' parameter.
>
> The following return codes are provided for now:
> 0  - success
> 2  - successful validation but some eduGAIN recommendations failed
> 4  - successful validation but some eduGAIN requirements failed
> 10 - metadata URL not available
> 12 - Federation's metadata URL is not valid
>
> Additionally, now when a request contains 'from' and 'auto' parameters,
> e.g.
> http://www.edugain.org/Metadata/?from=http://mds.edugain.org&auto
> the validation starts automatically - without pressing the Validate button
> With 'entities' parameter. e.g.
> http://www.edugain.org/Metadata/?from=http://mds.edugain.org&auto&entities
> automatically entities list is shown.
>
> I hope it will be useful.
>
> Maja

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