add ConfigCentralServer::getMetricsDataURL() and move the stats collection functionality to the function that sends to the login server; this may or may not be optimal depending on how often it is updated

engine/server/application/CentralServer/src/shared/CentralServer.cpp

@@ -2771,12 +2771,6 @@ void CentralServer::update()
 	static int loopCount=0;
 	m_curTime = static_cast<uint32>(time(0));
 	
-	// stella: Adding those for sending regular updates through WebAPI to the webserver
-	std::string updateURL = "http://webdev/test/asdf/asdf"; //todo: add config vars to CentralServer config header and cpp
-	
-	std::ostringstream postBuf;
-	postBuf << "population=" << CentralServer::getInstance().getPlayerCount();
-
 	// Tell the LoginServers if necessary
 	if ((++loopCount > ConfigCentralServer::getUpdatePlayerCountFrequency()))
 	{
@@ -2784,7 +2778,6 @@ void CentralServer::update()
 
 		// Update the population on the server
 		sendPopulationUpdateToLoginServer();
-		webAPI::simplePost(updateURL, std::string(postBuf.str()), "");
 	}
 
 	if ( ConfigCentralServer::getAuctionEnabled() ) // allow auctions?
@@ -2847,6 +2840,17 @@ void CentralServer::sendPopulationUpdateToLoginServer()
 	if (!isPreloadFinished() || (time(0)-m_lastLoadingStateTime < static_cast<time_t>(ConfigCentralServer::getRecentLoadingStateSeconds())))
 		loadedRecently=true;
 
+	// stella: Adding those for sending regular updates through WebAPI to the webserver
+	std::string updateURL = std::string(ConfigCentralServer::getMetricsDataURL());
+
+	if (!(updateURL.empty()))
+	{
+		std::ostringstream postBuf;
+		postBuf << "totalPlayerCount=" << m_totalPlayerCount << "&totalEmptySceneCount=" << m_totalEmptySceneCount << "&totalFreeTrialCount=" << m_totalFreeTrialCount << "&totalTutorialSceneCount=" << m_totalTutorialSceneCount << "&totalFalconSceneCount=" << m_totalFalconSceneCount;
+
+		webAPI::simplePost(updateURL, std::string(postBuf.str()), "");
+	}
+
 	UpdatePlayerCountMessage upm(loadedRecently, m_totalPlayerCount, m_totalFreeTrialCount, m_totalEmptySceneCount, m_totalTutorialSceneCount, m_totalFalconSceneCount);
 	sendToAllLoginServers(upm);
 }

engine/server/application/CentralServer/src/shared/ConfigCentralServer.cpp

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ void ConfigCentralServer::install(void)
 	KEY_BOOL   (disconnectDuplicateConnectionsOnOtherGalaxies, false);
 	KEY_BOOL   (requestDbSaveOnPlanetServerCrash, true);
 	KEY_INT    (maxTimeToWaitForPlanetServerStartSeconds, 5*60); // seconds
+	KEY_STRING (metricsDataURL, "");
 
 	int index = 0;
 	char const * result = 0;

engine/server/application/CentralServer/src/shared/ConfigCentralServer.h

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
 		bool          requestDbSaveOnPlanetServerCrash;
 
 		int           maxTimeToWaitForPlanetServerStartSeconds;
+		const char *  metricsDataURL;
 	};
 
 	static const unsigned short  getChatServicePort     ();
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ public:
 	static bool          getRequestDbSaveOnPlanetServerCrash();
 
 	static int           getMaxTimeToWaitForPlanetServerStartSeconds();
-
+	static const char *  getMetricsDataURL();
 private:
 	static Data *	data;
 };
@@ -510,6 +511,11 @@ inline int ConfigCentralServer::getMaxTimeToWaitForPlanetServerStartSeconds()
 	return data->maxTimeToWaitForPlanetServerStartSeconds;
 }
 
+inline const char * ConfigCentralServer::getMetricsDataURL()
+{
+	return data->metricsDataURL;
+}
+
 // ======================================================================
 
 #endif	// _ConfigCentralServer_H