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As the API uses nothing but HTTP calls and XML responses, you can use pretty much any language you like as long as there's a way to return the source of a web page in it. This guide will focus primarily on scripting web pages in PHP, as this tends to be the simplest method and is available to just about anyone with access to some webspace (if you don't have access, you can always install a local copy of Apache and PHP on your desktop computer) | As the API uses nothing but HTTP calls and XML responses, you can use pretty much any language you like as long as there's a way to return the source of a web page in it. This guide will focus primarily on scripting web pages in PHP, as this tends to be the simplest method and is available to just about anyone with access to some webspace (if you don't have access, you can always install a local copy of Apache and PHP on your desktop computer) | ||
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In order to prevent unauthorised access to private character/corporation data, the API uses an ''API Key''. This is a randomly-generated string that essentially works as a password for API calls. Account owners generate their own API keys through [http://www.eveonline.com/api/ this page]. Note that at time of writing, a new API Key system allowing more granular access permissions was in development, and is discussed [http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=912 here]. | |||
== API Functions == | == API Functions == | ||