WACS: Web Applications

Contents

• retrieval infrastructure programs
• tools for handling tags infrastructure

• wacsfull - send the full size image from a set - for image 45 of set 123, call with wacsfull/set123-45.jpg. If called with scale instead of set, it will rescale and shrink the image as specified in the current user preference settings. To use the scaling option, call with wacsfull/scale123-45.jpg.
• wacsframe - put a simple HTML page wrapper around an image provided by wacsfull to provide a better browsing experience. It is typically called by wacsindex with four parameters separated by = (Equals signs). The first parameter is the stem of the wacsfull command (set1234 or scale1234) depending on the desired base image; the second parameter is the image number within the set to display, the third parameter is the number of images in the whole set, the final parameter is a list of models involved. An example invocation asking for image 12 of a 76 image set called 456 featuring Sarah, our model no 123, scaled to the current scaling factor would be: wacsframe/scale456=12=76=Sarah-123. Multiple models can be called using commas , as in [...]=Sarah-123,Jane+P-67 thus adding links to Sarah, model no 123, and Jane P, model no 67. The complexitity of this URL completely avoids the need for this script to talk to the WACS database or configuration system at all. New in 0.8.0
• wacsimg - send the icon for the specified set - for set 123, to get the icon call with wacsimg/set123.jpg. To force it to produce only official icons, call with wacsimg/icon123.jpg. For scaling to the standard icon size, as specified in the configuration file layout section option "thumbsize", use wacsimg/std123.jpg. To get a minature icon as specified by the "minisize" option, use wacsimg/mini123.jpg
• wacsindex - provide details of, and thumbnails of the specified set - for set 123, call with wacsindex/set123.html. Note that this has now been enhanced to include the official icon if available, and attempts to make some kind of page for videos as well. It will also include any set description (sdesc) that has been added for that set. It will also show any additional icons that have been associated via the additional icons (saddicon) field. If called with wacsindex/page123.html, it will produce a new-format multi-page index instead of the standard full set page. Subsequent pages are called by wacsindex/page123-2.html and so on.
• wacsthumb - provide the specified thumbnail image from the set - for the thumbnail image for image 45 of set 123, call with wacsthumb/set123-45.jpg
• wacszip - retrieve actual content. For an image set, it returns a zip file; for a video set the video file. It can be called with any of the supported extensions (.zip, .wmv, .mpg or .mov) and will return the content regardless. Generally, getting the extension right is vital to the browser doing the right thing, but wacszip doesn't care! Examples of use would be wacszip/set123.zip and wacszip/set456.mpg.
• wacsusc2257 - display the 18 USC 2257 declaration for the set named, or if that fails a generic summary of upstream source data. Example of use would be wacsusc2257/123 this should be used on all pages.

• wacsaddtag adds a model or set to a tag. In order to simplify the process of tag handling and make it modular and distinct from each of the retrieval tools that might wish to use it, tags are actually manipulated using completely separate cgi-bin programs. These are called with the necessary parameters to do the tag manipulation requested and return a PNG image on completion - a tick for success, a cross for failure. Thus addtag is called repeatedly to add each entry into a tag group. At the simplest level, there are two default temporary tag sets, tag set no 1 for sets, and tag set no 2 for models. To add set 123 to the default tag set for sets, you would call wacsaddtag with wacsaddtag/S123. To add model 12 to the default tag set for models, call it with wacsaddtag/M12.

  To provide a better interface for the search engine to use, wacsaddtag also has two more complex options, A and G. These each take three arguments separated by equals signs; A is for sets and takes desired tag number, set to add to it, and description of this tag; G is the equivalent for models and takes tag number, model number and tag description. Thus to add set 123 to tag set 456 and call it Cuties Outdoors, you would call wacsaddtag with wacsaddtag/A456=123=Cuties+Outdoors. For models, say you want to add Sarah (model 63) to Cute Redheads (tag 789), you call wacsaddtag with wacsaddtag/G789=63=Cute+Redheads.

• wacsdeltag removes the specified item from the specified tag set. To remove set 123 from tag set 456, you would call wacsdeltag with wacsdeltag/S456=123 - note that the tag number always follows the key letter. To delete all entries in tag set 456, you would call it with wacsdeltag/S456=all. Wacsdeltag also does the same with models, so to delete Sarah (model 63) from tag set 789, you would use wacsdeltag/M789=63. Once again, if you put all, you can delete that entire model-based tag set, as in wacsdeltag/M789=all.
• wacsmarktag marks a specific tag set member as already viewed. To mark a set as seen call wacsmarktag with wacsmarktag/S456=123. It also supports model-based tag sets, as in wacsmarktag/M789=63. To clear the marked-as-viewed state on a complete tag set, you would do wacsmarktag/S456=reset and all records will be set back to unmarked. This only allows updating of temporary (search result) tag sets. It is also possible to use wacsmarktag to archive older search results to drop them from the visible list - they can still be viewed if called explicitly. For instance, to archive tag 34 (containing sets), you would use wacsmarktag/Z34=all. For model-based tag sets, it would be wacsmarktag/Y20=all