Re: Question about clientId

> Hi Andrew,
>
> On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 07:35 -0800, Andrew Francis
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Colleagues:
> >
> > I am fairly new to PyAMF and Flash. I am writing a
> > PyAMF proxy. More specifically, I am using the
> > TwistedGateway.
>
> A much improved version of TwistedGateway is now in
> the trunk, I would
> suggest that you use that if you are not already.
> Since r893.
>
> >
> > I wish to uniquely identify each Flash client (i.e
> , a
> > player, a test programme) that connects to the
> server.
> > I can get the IP address but that is not a unique
> > identifier.
> >
> > Looking at the Adobe Flash Media server
> documentation
> > and RTMP, there is mention of a clientId. I am
> > assuming that the same clientId is used throughout
> a
> > "session." Is this correct?
>
> In a gateway context, clientId is specific to the
> AMF3 RemoteObject
> specification which is supported only by Flash
> Player 9.
>
> >  
> > I have a way of exposing the request in the
> > TwistedGateway.
>
> You're using expose_request = True right? Available
> since r871.
>
> > And I notice that clientId is defined
> > in AbstractMessage. I am looking at the code but
> it is
> > not clear to me if I have the request how do I get
> the
> > clientId? I would greatly appreciate it if anyone
> has
> > insights.
>
> The clientId that you speak of is not a required
> value for a
> RemoteObject call (only passed back in the response
> if its set). Since
> this is all based in HTTP, you would get more
> mileage if you used
> cookies to identify the client. Afaik the flash
> player supports cookies,
> certainly session cookies.
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> >      
>

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