Open custom URL's in a remote server

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    Hello,
    I wanted to know what it the easier way to do the following:
    A gameserver will be opening custom pages from my website for each player that joins.
    ex: www.mywebhost.com/player?nickname=DEMON. My gameserver automaticaly retrieves the player nicknames and opens the custom url.
    But what i realy need is the custom pages to be opened in my computer because that custom urls will trigger a action that needs me to be logged in the site so they cannot be performed in-game.

    Summarizing:
    Whn a player connects my gameserver, a url like "/player?nickname=PLAYER" should be opened in my computer right after. Maybe a good start point is to put a script in my webhost that logs all opened url's and automatically opens them in my computer.
    I can setup a webhost in my computer wothout any problem.

    Thanks for your avaliability :)
     
    sharpshooterpt, Apr 11, 2011 IP
  2. sharpshooterpt

    sharpshooterpt Peon

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    Even easier, i setup the gamserver to open a webpage that is hosted in my computer but that page should be opened in my computer aswell (at the same time)
     
    sharpshooterpt, Apr 11, 2011 IP
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    I am not sure what your "gameserver" really is but that is fairly immaterial.

    If your hosting the webserver locally then you could write code into your website to open the URL locally but you will need to check the security permissions on the box.

    If your hosting remotely and your home PC has a static IP then you could write an application for your desktop and your webserver make a call to the desktop to give the details of the user so the desktop can open the URL.

    If you dont have a static IP or don't want your webserver making calls to your PC then you can write an app for the desktop that polls the webserver at a regular interval to ask if there are any new URLs to open.

    They wouldn't be overly complex to write depending on the technology stack you are using and how comfortable you are programming
     
    AstarothSolutions, Apr 12, 2011 IP
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    In fact the problem is that I can't do this because my programming skills are realy low. I forgot to explain this in the first post.
    The gameserver it a server that runs a game program (counter strike), the only acess i have to that server it to the game configuration files, its not a webserver. It will be opening a custom url for each player that joins.
    As I belive that's easier, I can host the webserver localy (and open the pages from my computerserver in-game) and use the script that I'm asking for to open the URL locally. Security is not a concern. I have a DNS for my computer.

    Thanks
     
    sharpshooterpt, Apr 12, 2011 IP