MikeRemoteRendering

This article has been retained as a historical document. It is not up-to-date and the formatting may be lacking. Use the information herein with caution.

Here is a possible request format proposed by Mike, building on his ww_daemon.pl server. While I tried to keep the request format as similar to the format used by PG::Local as possible, he has started to explore structuring the data more and expanding the possible functionality of the server.

• Request_values
  • authentication_data
    • course string: default: daemon_course
    • user default: none
    • password default: none
    • sessionKey default: none
    • problemLibrary default: daemon_problem_library
  • service_requests
    • renderProblemFile
    • special requests requiring authorization
      • • Such as PRINT_FILE_NAMES_FOR
    • fetchProblemSource
    • renderSource
    • renderEquation
    • problemLibraryRequest
    • instructorRequest
      • Modify course in some way.
  • envir_required (these values must be given by the requesting form)
    • server fileName? or included source?
      • source string: base64 encoded
      • fileName string: setAlgebra8AbsoluteValue/srw1_8_26.pg
    • answer_form_submitted number: if yes, then inputs_ref required
      • inputs_ref table:
        • AnSwEr1 string:
        • AnSwEr2 string:
        • AnSwEr3 string:
  • envir_override (these override values supplied by the server)
    • dates
      • answerDate string: default: far future 4014438528
      • dueDate string: default: far future 4014438528
      • formattedAnswerDate string: default: far future 6/19/00
      • formattedDueDate string: default: far future 6/19/00
      • formattedOpenDate string: default: far past 6/19/00
      • openDate string: default: far past 3014438528
    • courseName string: default: daemon_course
    • displayMode string: default: HTML_tth
    • mode string: obsolete? see displayMode
    • pg_macros_data
      • functAbsTolDefault string: 0.0000001
      • functLLimitDefault number: 0
      • functMaxConstantOfIntegration double: 1000000000000.0
      • functNumOfPoints number: 5
      • functRelPercentTolDefault double: 0.000001
      • functULimitDefault number: 1
      • functVarDefault string: x
      • functZeroLevelDefault double: 0.000001
      • functZeroLevelTolDefault double: 0.000001
      • numAbsTolDefault double: 0.0000001
      • numFormatDefault string: %0.13g
      • numRelPercentTolDefault double: 0.0001
      • numZeroLevelDefault double: 0.000001
      • numZeroLevelTolDefault double: 0.000001
    • student_problem_data
      • probFileName string: obsolete see fileName
      • problemSeed string: default: 1234
      • problemValue number: default: 1
      • probNum number: default: 1
      • psvn number: default: 123 obsolete?
      • psvnNumber number: obsolete? 123
      • questionNumber number: obsolete?
      • sectionName string: default: empty
      • sectionNumber number: default: empty
      • sessionKey string: default: Not defined
      • setNumber string: default: empty
      • studentLogin string: default: guest_user
      • studentName string: default: Guest User
  • envir_server_supplied_values (these can only be supplied by the server, or by a request with special privileges.)
    • paths ----set in server config file
      • externalGif2EpsPath string: not defined
      • externalPng2EpsPath string: not defined
      • externalTTHPath string: Not defined
      • CAPA_Graphics_URL string: http://webwork.math.rochester.edu/gage/webwork/CAPA_Graphics/
      • CAPA_GraphicsDirectory string: /ww/webwork/CAPA/CAPA_graphics/
      • CAPA_MCTools string: /ww/webwork/CAPA/CAPA_MCTools/
      • CAPA_Tools string: /ww/webwork/CAPA/CAPA_Tools/
      • cgiDirectory string: obsolete?
      • cgiURL string: obsolete?
      • classDirectory string: obsolete?
      • courseScriptsDirectory string: obsolete
      • htmlDirectory string: /u/gage/xmlrpc/experiments/html/
      • htmlURL string: http://webwork.math.rochester.edu/gage/html/
      • macroDirectory string: obsolete?
      • scriptDirectory string: obsolete?
      • tempDirectory string: defined by server
      • templateDirectory string: obsolete?
      • tempURL string: defined by server
      • webworkDocsURL string: http://webwork.math.rochester.edu/webwork_gage_system_html/
    • numOfAttempts number: default: from database or from special request
    • PRINT_FILE_NAMES_FOR list: default: from database or from special request {"gage"}
    • extra_packages_to_load list: {"AlgParserWithImplicitExpand", "Expr", "ExprWithImplicitExpand", "AnswerEvaluator", "AnswerEvaluatorMaker"}
    • modules_to_evaluate list: {"Exporter", "DynaLoader", "GD", "WWPlot", "Fun", "Circle", "Label", "PGrandom", "Units", "Hermite", "List", "Match", "Multiple", "Select", "AlgParser", "AnswerHash", "Fraction", "VectorField", "Complex1", "Complex", "MatrixReal1", "Matrix", "Distributionproblem_state table:
    • num_of_correct_ans number: from database or from special request
    • num_of_incorrect_ans number: from database or from special request
    • recorded_score double: from database or from special request
• Return_values
  • answers table:
  • compute_time string:
  • elapsedTime_secs double: 2.95
  • errors string:
  • header_html string: (e.g. javaScript ) base64 encoded
  • PG_flag table:
  • problem_result table:
    • errors string:
    • msg string: This problem did not ask any questions.
    • score number: 0
    • type string: std_problem_grader
  • problem_state table:
    • num_of_correct_ans number: 2
    • num_of_incorrect_ans number: 5
    • recorded_score string: 1.0000000000000
  • htmlOutput string: base64 encoded
  • WARNINGS:

-- Main.SamHathaway - 09 Dec 2003