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SOAP or XML Interface for Usage Data

It would be useful to have access to an accounts usage data either via SOAP or XML. Doing this would allow 3rd party applications to be created to present this data to the user via a desktop widget or sys-tray application, or, for the more technical minded, allow us to create our own graphs using exact usage data from AAISP.

Zen Internet created a system like this using SOAP, the details of which can be seen here:
https://webservices.zen.co.uk/broadband/v3.11/serviceengine.asmx

Being able to access usage data without logging in to clueless with a web browser would be fantastic.
Thanks!

Simon , 17.11.2010, 11:41
Response from the site administrator
aaisp, 30.01.2017
Please see: https://support.aa.net.uk/CHAOS - usage is available via the 'CHAOS' API.
Idea status: completed

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Andy Neillans, 11.09.2011, 11:37
Any movement on this idea? I'm tempted to write something to scrape the information from clueless and allow the data to be accessed that way, however, obviously this is pointless if a proper API will be avaialble soon!
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aaisp, 20.09.2011, 08:13
We are wanting to do this, but it's not a project at the front of the queue I'm afraid, so it will be some time.
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Andy Neillans, 07.10.2011, 19:55
How about if someone wrote it and gave it to you to host? If interested, drop me an email ..
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GhostSeven, 22.08.2012, 08:51
You can screen scrape to get the download sync etc, not sure how you would get the upload can find it in any definitive place on clueless. Still this would be wonderful if there was an API (in any form really) or even a XML file output.
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allsorts, 08.01.2013, 22:35
And now with Home::1 being able to have a simple way to show other users of the service how much quota is left would be great.
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aaisp, 01.05.2013, 15:19
Home::1 and Office::1 users will get a graphic when visiting our homepage (aa.net.uk) with the current quota
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aaisp, 03.12.2013, 08:21
We are starting to work on an API for Clueless - this is a big job and will involve lots of changes to how systems work internally.
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Dave, 30.12.2013, 15:15
JSON would be nice as an output format too - I'd much prefer that to something XML based.

Also if you limit the API calls to coming from a line associated with the account that is being read, you could make it a single simple "get stats" call instead of a mroe complex APi with extra authentication steps.
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boz, 20.01.2014, 00:08
Another thumbs up for JSON rather than XML...

Not wanting to turn this into a holy war or anything, I'm sure others prefer XML. Having both formats available would be great
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Christopher Jenkins, 03.08.2014, 17:20
Without starting a flame war.

JSON always; its lighter on the wire, cheaper to de/serialize, easier to read, etc etc.

I didn't really think this was a argument these days. But we really don't use XML anymore for anything.
I'm not saying don't do a XML variant. But any good RESTful application will do both. Thats what Content-Type is for after all!
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