Not so much a request as an announcement. I don't have access to post in the completed section so posting here so it can be moved to completed. I wanted to do a challenge for 100 finds of First Decade Hiders so I wrote a script for it. It is based on the date the hider joined Geocaching.com, but does not care when the found cache was published. This is in line with the new guidelinesby travelingGeek - Script development
Hi jjfeiler, This is answered in the FAQ: http://project-gc.com/Home/FAQ#3082063764 QuoteFAQ Who can write challenge checkers? Technically, anyone with some programming experience. The programming language used for checker scripts is Lua. But if you know some other programming language it is easy to grasp the differences. However, in order to obtain access to writing challenge checkers,by travelingGeek - Miscellaneous
I think it would be good to have tools available to cache owners. * Weekly emails with checker logging summaries (and checker statuses of each) siimilar to the log edit. Fav Point, or picture posting emails. * something like a verify tag feature but for multiple caches that a CO owns. I'm sure there are other cache owner tools that would be useful.by travelingGeek - Miscellaneous
Good discussion. I think #2 is best in the long term, but maybe #1 for a few weeks first so we can get a feel for the data that is coming out. For getFinds(), I think the flag should have three states: * Get everything. * Get Just Lab Caches. * Get just "regular" cache data This would also be usable in the future if a 4th state or more becomes desirable. I would thinkby travelingGeek - Checker news